NFL Week 11 Odds – Detroit Lions vs Pittsburgh Steelers

The Detroit Lions look to stay on top of the NFC North division as they visit Heinz Field to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers, this Sunday at 1 PM ET.

Detroit in on top of the division for the first time in 14 years; their coach thinks is because of the team’s resilience.

“Being successful in this league is dealing with adversity and bouncing back, but it’s increasingly becoming part of the scope of the NFL to deal with praise and to deal with the accolades and things like that,” coach Jim Schwartz said. “It makes it difficult to stay level headed. It makes it difficult to stay even keeled throughout the course of a season.”

The Steelers look to stop WR Calvin Johnson in order to have success.  Their defense is the 4th best against the pass, but ‘Megatron’ is different from anything they have faced this season.

“Johnson needs no endorsement from me,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “He is the best wide receiver in the game and one of the best football players period regardless of position in the game of professional football.

The Lions are 2.5 point favorites over the Steelers despite playing away from home.  The game total is at 47 points.

Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Detroit, but 1-5 against the spread in its last 6 games when playing the Lions. The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh’s last 5 games when playing Detroit.