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Pittsburgh Steelers Chances Hampered By Smith Injury
Thursday 03 January 2008 at 09:06  Pittsburgh Steelers chances of triumphing over wildcard rivals Jacksonville Jaguars look slim without defensive lynchpin Aaron Smith in the side.
The Steelers were without Smith for the final three regular season games and gave up an average of 28 points and 165 rushing yards per match, ESPN reports.
And accordingly the bookmakers rate the Steelers as underdogs, with BetFred pricing Pittsburgh at 11/10, with the Jaguars an 8/11 shot with Ladbrokes.
Defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Brett Keisel, revealed that the collapse of his side's defence has been unprecedented.
"I know it's something that as long as I've been here I've never seen happen here," he told the broadcaster.
"Guys are trying to do too much. We aren't staying in our gaps. We'll be OK. Aaron is such a good player. He's so underrated in this league in my opinion. He definitely makes a difference when he's out there," he added.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville's Maurice Jones-Drew is the favourite to score the games first touchdown, rated at 13/2 with BoyleSports.
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