We’re on to Week 10’s slate of NFL games, but Sunday’s matchup between the 3-6 New Orleans Saints and 2-6 Pittsburgh Steelers isn’t easy to figure out. Neither of these teams have played inspiring football through the first half of their seasons. They’re both dealing with shaky quarterback situations, inconsistent-at-best defenses, and some baffling coaching decisions. To top it all off, the game will be played during a cloudy, windy 41-degree Sunday afternoon at Pittsburgh.
So it’s going to be ugly. And nobody seems to have an idea of which squad will walk away with a win — just 56% of experts surveyed by NFL Pickwatch this week like the Saints to win on the road, with a strong 44% minority favoring the Steelers coming out of their bye week.
That’s a better differential than the Saints have seen in recent weeks, but that goes to show just how dire of straits both teams find themselves here. And it makes sense seeing as they’ve won a combined 5 of their last 17 games. It’s shaping up for a sloppy, mid-November slugfest between two teams hoping to avoid their seventh loss on the season so far.
