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Thursday Night Football: Didn’t the Steelers Just Play?

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Gal Pal thinks that the Steelers will be victorious over the Titans- do you agree?

Sorry it’s been quiet in the Gal Pal universe- I have been dealing with a major cold. I think my local area experienced a huge weather change so I’ve been in bed eating spicy Thai curry and watching terrible day time television. I am feeling better thank you so much now onto tonight’s game.

Is it just me or didn’t the Steelers and Titans just play- oh wait they did just play. Because of the popularity of the NFL there will be games on NFL Network every Thursday. The bad news is first that is usually a good night to watch college football– grr NFL for making me choose between my two loves of Autumn, plus Vampire Diaries starts tonight. The second is that every team at some point is going to have to go straight from a Sunday game to preparing for a Thursday night head to head. This means that players are not recovered from Sunday’s beat down and this could potentially lead to injury. Of course the NFL has claimed that its truly cares about player safety but the decision to have all 16 teams suffer this kind of schedule at least once in the season leads me to a different conclusion.

And with the addition of Thursday night game it does mean a national audience at least once for every NFL team- that is good for people who live in areas where their team doesn’t get air time.

The Steelers actually ran the ball last week to pull out a win over the Eagles. But they are still one of the worse teams for rushing yards in the league. Good news Steelers fans, the Titans are worse.

Looking at the numbers, and yes numbers matter Gals and Pal especially when we are mid season like, the Titans are a mess. They only average 65 yards of rushing per game and only have a 36% third down conversion for the year. On defense the Titans allow opponents 144 yards of rushing and over 279 yards of passing for the year.

So this is a no brainer for the Gal Pal- and it should be to you as well. The Steelers should win easily over the Titans this evening.