PITTSBURGH (5-1) At NEW ORLEANS (4-3)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m., NBC
OPENING LINE – Pick-em
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Pittsburgh 4-2-0; New Orleans 1-5-1
SERIES RECORD – Steelers lead 7-6
LAST MEETING – Steelers beat Saints 38-31, Nov. 12, 2006
LAST WEEK – Steelers beat Dolphins, 23-22; Saints lost to Browns 30-17.
STEELERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (26), RUSH (11), PASS (26)
STEELERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (4), RUSH (1), PASS (24)
SAINTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (7), RUSH (26), PASS (5)
SAINTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (16), PASS (3)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Pittsburgh 10-4 record vs. NFC under coach Mike Tomlin. … Steelers seek fifth straight road win. … QB Ben Roethlisberger needs 139 yards passing to become second Steelers QB with 20,000 yards passing. Terry Bradshaw had 27,989. … RB Rashard Mendenhall needs two TDs rushing to tie his career-high of seven, set last season. … WR Hines Ward has TD catches in two straight games and last week had second 100-yard receiving game this season. … Steelers’ defense allows league-low 13.7 ppg. … WR Mike Wallace, S Ryan Clark and CB Ike Taylor are Louisiana natives. … In 70 games since joining Saints in 2006, QB Drew Brees has 20,327 yards passing, most in NFL during that span; last week became second Saints QB to reach 20,000 yards. Archie Manning had 21,734. … Brees has 10 interceptions in 2010. He had 11 all of last season. … Brees is tied for NFL lead in TD passes with 14. … Rookie RB Chris Ivory averages 5.5 yards per carry and leads Saints in rushing this season with 325 yards on 59 carries. … LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar had first career sack last week vs. Cleveland. … Saints All-Pro safety Darren Sharper was college teammate of Tomlin at William & Mary.
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