This article is part of our Showdown/Single Game DFS Breakdown series.
Monday Night Football. Thursday Night Football. Sunday Night Football.
And now, Wednesday Afternoon Football.
Football fans are being "treated" to midweek daytime NFL action Wednesday, as the thrice-postponed Ravens at Steelers game will be played at 3:40 p.m. ET because NBC, who will broadcastno the game, had zero interest in televising the most popular sport in the United States over the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.
The game was postponed enough that a few players who were initially ruled out will be eligible to play after satisfying their COVID close-contact isolations, though there are still key players missing, which is why the Steelers are 10.0-point home favorites against the Ravens in a game with a low 41.5-point total on DraftKings Sportsbook. Needless to say, this isn't where the line opened before all the COVID issues arose:
Betting line for Ravens-Steelers, per Caesars ...
Open: Ravens +3.5
When Dobbins & Ingram went on COVID list: Ravens +4.5
When Lamar Jackson went on COVID list: Ravens +8.5
When Andrews went on COVID list: Ravens +9.5
Now: Ravens are 10-point underdogs
(h/t @DBearmanESPN)
— Jamison Hensley (@jamisonhensley) December 1, 2020
QUARTERBACKS
With Lamar Jackson ($11,000 DK, $16,500 FD) on the reserve/COVID-19 list, we won't have the opportunity to roster the most expensive player on FanDuel and the second-most on DraftKings. Instead, Robert Griffin ($8,400 DK, $14,500 FD) will get his first start since Week 17 of last season against a defense that has allowed the second-fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks this
