Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh was the biggest upset of this NFL season.
The Steelers were 9.5-point underdogs against the Buccaneers, but Pittsburgh pulled off a 20-18 upset, the first time this season that big an underdog won a game outright.
The Steelers’ win over the Bucs was the 10th game this season with a point spread of more than eight points, and the first time the underdog won outright. Against the spread, the underdogs are 5-5 in those games.
It was the second consecutive week that the Steelers were heavy underdogs, but this week went a lot better for them than last week, when they were 14-point underdogs to the Bills and lost 38-3.
It was also the second consecutive week that the Bucs failed to cover as heavy favorites: Last week they were 10-point favorites over the Falcons and won 21-15.