Panthers vs Steelers Week 10 Preview


Since the NFL implemented weekly Thursday Night Football games in 2012, the results have been mediocre at best. For fans like me who love watching football, it's been great. I love the fact that after the Monday Night game there is only two days until the next game, however I can also see the definite downsides as well.

The main complaints have revolved around player safety, due to the amount of rest that players need to recover following playing a full NFL game. The turnaround from playing Sunday to playing again Thursday night is drastic, and has absolutely resulted in more injuries than necessary.

On top of that, the games usually aren't very good. Take last week for example: The 1-7 San Francisco 49ers hosted the 1-6 Oakland Raiders, with the 49ers blowing out the Raiders 34-3 in an unwatchable mess of a game, and that might have not even been the worst Thursday night game of the month. Two weeks earlier, the Denver Broncos beat the Arizona Cardinals 45-10 in a game that only mattered to you if you had the Broncos defence on your fantasy team.

However, every now and then, the NFL gets it right. They get the right match-up at the right time of the season with the right amount of star players. That's what we have this Thursday. The best game of Week 10 will take place on Thursday night, when the Carolina Panthers head to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers. Had this game been scheduled for earlier in the year when the Steelers were struggling, I wouldn't be as excited. But, due to the Steelers being on a 4 game winning streak, and the Panthers having won 4 of their last 5 games, this game all of the sudden becomes a must-watch for any football fan.



My prediction for this game is a back and forth affair with the stars on both teams making key plays throughout. I'm going to pick the Steelers because the game is in Pittsburgh, and I think the Steelers have a few more stars on offence than the Panthers do, and I ultimately think that will be the deciding factor in the game.

Final Score Prediction: Steelers 27 Panthers 23

- Cameron Begin

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