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NFL Capsule: Still-healing Steelers not overlooking Panthers

TIME: 5:20 p.m. today

LINE: Steelers -14

TOTAL: 37

TV: NFL Network (317)

RADIO: KWWN (1100 AM, 98.9 FM)

WEATHER: High 20s, 30 percent chance of snow

FACTS: The Steelers have gone 1-5 against the line as a double-digit pick the past two years, losing three times straight up. ... Panthers rookie quarterback Jimmy Clausen had a season-best 107.1 passer rating in last week’s 19-12 home victory over Arizona but easily remains the worst-ranked QB in the league with a JaMarcus Russell-like 59.1 mark. Clausen is 1-7 in eight starts (3-5 ATS).

ANALYSIS: The Steelers, who have the league’s third-rated defense and are yielding a league-low 3.0 yards per rush, get to face a first-year QB who slipped below the passer-rating Mendoza line with a 29.7 reading the last time he faced a top-10 defense.

FORECAST: Steelers 26, Panthers 6

BOB CHRIST/SPECIAL TO THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

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