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Sun 18 Oct 2026, 1:00PM ET
Pittsburgh Steelers
2-2 · 0-2 awayWLWL
VS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
0-4 · 0-3 at homeLLLL

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers prediction and odds · Sun 18 Oct

Tampa Bay Buccaneers host Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday 18 October.

Sunday 18 October 2026: Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers host Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday 18 October. The bookies' prices make the Steelers about a 6 in 10 chance to win. Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff.
How they've been scoring this season
Pittsburgh SteelersTampa Bay Buccaneers
Won-lost2-20-4
Points scored per game19.319.0
Points allowed per game21.824.0
On the road / at home0-2 away0-3 at home
Last 5 gamesWLWLLLLL
Their games average 42.0 total points this season.
From the 4 Pittsburgh Steelers and 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers games on our books this season.

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers odds

Prices for this game

Best price: Buccaneers pay $2.33, Steelers pay $1.72 (the best of 6 bookies we checked). $100 on the Steelers returns $172.

Fair chance (our read of the prices, with the bookies' cut taken out): Buccaneers about 4 in 10, Steelers about 6 in 10.

How much the bookies keep: about $4.51 of every $100 bet on this game.

Since betting opened: the price has barely moved.

Our pick for this game

Our model's pick lands about 5 days before kickoff. Today's NFL picks are already up: see today's NFL picks.

Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Pittsburgh Steelers

  • Rico Dowdle RBQuestionable
  • Michael Pittman Jr. WROut
  • Jalen Ramsey CBQuestionable
  • Derrick Harmon DTOut
  • Jamel Dean CBDoubtful

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  • Antoine Winfield Jr. SOut
  • SirVocea Dennis LBOut
  • Benjamin Morrison CBOut
  • Baker Mayfield QBOut
Availability updated Oct 8, 8:17PM UTC — NFL availability is season-pending (off-season); treat as a placeholder until the season opens. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers head-to-head record

Final scores · 2 meetings on record
Pittsburgh Steelers 2–0 across the last 2 meetings (meetings on record since 2018)

Last meeting: Sun 16 Oct 2022, Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Pittsburgh Steelers: the Steelers won 20-18.

DateGameScoreWinner
16 Oct 2022Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Pittsburgh Steelers20–18Pittsburgh Steelers
24 Sep 2018Pittsburgh Steelers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers27–30Pittsburgh Steelers

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