Hanford and O’Donnell follow these opposing teams closely, but they agreed on the Pittsburgh Steelers covering by more than a touchdown while discussing this Monday Night Football matchup.

O’Donnell: Ian, you’re a Steelers fan, and I’m a Giants fan; naturally, we pick each other’s teams better than we pick our own teams.

Hanford: Yeah. I think pessimism for your own team combined with being a week late, at least for me. I did not expect Russell Wilson to look the way that he looked.

O’Donnell: This is the same Russell Wilson whom you were against starting this past week, so much so that you took the Jets over the Steelers in Week 7?

Hanford: Yeah, I was not a fan of the Wilson signing. Was not a fan of the quarterback change. But, after a rocky start, Russ undeniably looked good. I’m a tentative to not-so-tentative buyer at this point for what the offense could look like.

O’Donnell: You’re 2-5 in Steelers games. I’m 4-3. And you’re 6-1 to my 4-3 record picking Giants games. We’re both on the Steelers here. But 6.5, that’s not too big a number? Historically, Mike Tomlin is very good on Monday Night Football. Fact-check me, but he’s 21-3 on MNF while the Steelers have won 21 straight MNF home games.

Hanford: Something like that. His track record is very good. I don’t think it’s too many points. The argument would be, at least before the QB change, if what we saw last week was real, every Steelers game is the same. They tend to drown for a little while, play ugly football, keep themselves within a score and find a way to win more often than not.

O’Donnell: But this Giants team has scored 10 total points in their last two games. Points are hard to come by for Daniel Jones and Brian Daboll right now. Scoring a single touchdown will be difficult for the Giants.

Hanford: The sad part for the Giants is that, as good as their defense is, their offense is just as bad. The Jets tried to use a quick game against the Steelers last week, and it kind of kept them off balance at first. In theory, that would work, but I don’t know that Daniel Jones can operate a quick game like that .The results have not been there, and it’s hard to see that changing against what is probably the best defense they’ve seen in the last couple of weeks.

O’Donnell: And this is not one of those opportunities where you think Jones can snap out of it and find some rhythm because he’s 1-14 in prime time. That’s not good. Even if it’s a low-scoring game, 6.5 is simply not enough to back the Giants. We’re both on the Steelers, and so is the rest of the crew.

ATS Consensus: Steelers -6.5

Score Prediction: Steelers 23, Giants 15

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