October 10th, 2009 
Matt Loede 
Posted in With or without Matthew Stafford, the Lions were going to have some major issues with the champs 3-4 defense which made life long for the Chargers last week. Look for Pittsburgh to feed Rashard Mendenhall a lot, and for Big Ben to have a big day. A cakewalk for the Steelers, who looked like the team that won the Super Bowl last week vs SD. The Steelers should be able to pressure immobile quarterback Daunte Culpepper, and look for a couple of short fields for the Steelers after turnovers.
One thing the Lions have to do to pull the upset is force some Steelers have turnovers. The Lions are not talented enough to put 80-yard drives together against the Steelers D, so about the only way they are going to score is via turnovers and Steelers mistakes. The Steelers last week were well ahead of the Chargers before they made some mistakes in the fourth quarter.
Detroit will try to come out with early emotion, but the major issue is Steelers should be able to simply counter that and impose their will early and often. It would be a pretty big upset for the Lions to pull off the win here, and unless a lot of things go wrong for the Steelers, it won’t happen.
Pittsburgh 34 Detroit 17
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