Steelers at Browns Thursday Night: NFL betting odds, picks, tips

Week 3 of the NFL season kicks off Thursday night with an AFC North showdown between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns (-4.5, 38.5) at FirstEnergy Stadium. With the season now in full swing, there are plenty of opportunities to wager on the game if you so choose. So what plays do our analysts like for this matchup of two of the NFL's most fierce rivals?

Betting analysts Doug Kezirian, Tyler Fulghum, Joe Fortenbaugh, Anita Marks and Erin Dolan; fantasy and sports betting analysts Eric Moody and Andre Snellings; ESPN Stats & Information'sSeth Walder, ESPN analystJason Fitz and Football Outsiders'Aaron Schatz provide their top plays for Thursday's tilt.

Note: Lines from Caesars Sportsbook unless otherwise indicated.

Steelers at Browns (-4.5, 38.5)Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET, FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland

Kezirian: Both offenses are extremely limited with pedestrian quarterback play. Cleveland has gotten by with a solid offensive line and inferior opponents. The Browns are still a team I plan to fade this season, once they face a good team. I just don't think this is the week. The Steelers are a much different team without T.J. Watt. He just changes the entire landscape of a team, so it's hard to assess them when they had a solid win in the opener.

Schatz: It's easy to know what to make of the Steelers and hard to know what to make of the Browns. The Steelers have been exactly what we expected. The offense has struggled to move the ball, and people are already calling for Kenny Pickett to replace Mitch Trubisky. The defense has been above average, even without T.J. Watt in Week 2. But the Browns are weird. They've scored a lot of points, a lot more than we expected with Jacoby Brissett at quarterback. The defense,