NFL picks · 2026 Week 4 · Thursday, October 1

Steelers vs Browns — final

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns, NFL Week 4. The game has been played. This page keeps what we said before kickoff next to what happened — the picks stay up whether they won or lost.

Final

PIT 24 · CLE 27

The model's pick: Pittsburgh Steelers by 2.4 — wrong.

PickPriceOur probabilityResult
PIT ML safest side-14558.5% LOSSclosed -145 · same number
Over 38 value bet-10855.9% WINclosed 38 -108 · same number

Graded one unit per bet at the published price, exactly as it appeared on the board before kickoff. The whole week, pick by pick →

What we projected before kickoff

Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Cleveland Browns 20

Projected margin
PIT −2.4
market: PIT −2.5 · actual: CLE by 3
Projected total
43
market: 38.0 · actual: 51

A projection is an expected outcome, not a promise. One game proves nothing about a model either way; the season-long record is what counts, and it is all here.

Where the line went
Spread
PIT -2.5
never moved
Total
38
never moved
PIT moneyline
-145
never moved

First price we posted, then the last one before kickoff (our final refresh, not the book's official close).

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