PIT B-tier pick hits. Model was directionally correct.
NAILED IT
Model projected PIT by 4.1. Actual: 2 points. The model was within 2.1 points of the real margin.
INSTANT CLASSIC
The win probability swung past 50% 7 times. One of the wildest games of the week.
BAD BEAT
Missed the spread by just 1.0 point, a bad-beat loss.
Another data point for the model. B-tier picks continue to track.
BETTING LINE
SOURCE
PIT
NYJ
Closing line
-155
+130
Our fair price
-163
+163
Our fair price carries no vig, so it is what the bet is worth, not what anyone will offer you.
SPREAD PIT -3.0 · nflverse market average, not one book's number
RESULT Won · +$0.65
OUR NUMBER
62%
MARKET, VIG REMOVED
58%
DIFFERENCE
+4%
Both figures are for PIT. The market number strips the margin out first, so the two sides are measured the same way.
SITUATIONAL TRENDS
Historical splits, shown for context only. We tested them: picking the situations that beat break-even in training goes 770–760 (50.3%) out of sample, so they are not a betting signal and are not coloured like one.
Our model takes Pittsburgh Steelers at 62% win probability, a Tier B pick. The margin models project PIT by 4.1. The market has PIT at -3.0.
Week 1 of the 2025 season, SUN 1:00 PM.
Pittsburgh Steelers, NYJ 15, PIT 37 in Week 7 of 2024.
By net EPA per play over the 2025 season, Pittsburgh Steelers: PIT +0.007 against NYJ -0.274.
WHAT PRO ADDS
Every stat on this page is free, and so is the model's pick for this game. Pro is the separate question of which games we would actually bet, and at what stake, plus player props, unit sizing, and the full profit-and-loss ledger.