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Posted at 11:00 AM EST.

Pittsburgh +6 -108 over L.A. CHARGERS

8:20 PM EST. We want to introduce you to Ricky Tran, a scumbug tout that has plenty to say about this game. His “Free Play” of the week ticks all the boxes of how not to handicap a game.

He doesn’t think there is any reason to “overthink this one” because Pittsburgh’s season is over while the Chargers, at just a game ahead of Pittsburgh, is desperate. Ricky Tran also wonders how healthy Mason Rudolph will be should he happen to play. He finally goes on to say that it is a “must win” game for the Chargers.

If every “must win” team won, nobody would miss the playoffs. The must win angle is for scumbug touts that are grasping at reasons to play a game. Ricky Tran sees Pittsburgh without its QB’s and figures that he has an edge over the bookmakers. Ricky Tran doesn’t overthink it because he doesn’t think at all. This is a guy that has 10 star plays on every prime time game and that charges $60.00 for a guaranteed winner with a reduced rate of $36 for non-guaranteed winner on the same game. Are the picks different? 

Ricky Tran does not post his long term records; instead he tries to get players in the door with his most recent “FREE PICK” while failing to mention he has never won over a full season. We mention this because the Chargers to cover against Pittsburgh was the “easy game” that this cockroach targeted to get people in the door. His FREE PICK was released on Monday and the Steelers looked like the perfect target.

Of course this doesn’t mean the Steelers will cover but it’s an example of why you should never pay for picks and although we singled out Ricky Tran, we could’ve singled out 100’s of others.

The entire universe knows that Pittsburgh is without a QB and Ricky Tran represents a large portion of the betting public that approaches games in the wrong way. We know 100% that we are getting inflated points to back the Steelers here. Furthermore, is it not possible that Devlin Hodges is very capable? Hodges completed 7-of-9 passes for 68 yards in relief last week. Those were the first NFL passes that the first-year undrafted quarterback has thrown. Hodges was a four year starter at quarterback for Samford. He was named the Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year three times, and he was the recipient of the 2018 Walter Payton Award during his senior year in which he set the NCAA FCS career record for passing yards with 14,584. Hodges’ mark broke the previous record that was set by former Alcorn State quarterback Steve McNair in 1994. Expect the Steelers to be extra motivated here because everyone has written them off.

Both these teams are a disappointment this year though the Steelers have far better excuses. The Chargers welcomed back Melvin Gordon last week and then it all fell apart to an 0-4 team that prevented the Chargers from scoring any offensive touchdowns. Do you really want to trust the Chargers spotting significant points to anyone? The Chargers looked to be in trouble versus Miami for f**k sakes.

Give us inflated points with a QB that probably is not a downgrade from Mason Rudolph. Give us inflated points with a team that has an “Us versus the World” mentality. Give us inflated points with a team that has played Seattle, San Francisco, Baltimore and New England and lost by four points or less to all of them but the Patriots in Week Zero. When the Steelers took a step down in class and played Cincinnati, they blew the Bengals away. Give us inflated points with a QB that could be hard to prepare for and that might actually be better than Mason Rudolph.

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