Every season opener carries a little too much weight for one regular season game, and this one has more than most. Atlanta arrives in Pittsburgh with the moneyline saying they're the underdog, and a quarterback situation that has reportedly not been settled the way teams like to have it settled by Week 1. Steelers fans have heard this story before from the other sideline: a franchise that insists it knows what it's doing at the most important position on the field, right up until kickoff proves otherwise.
Pittsburgh sits as the clear favorite here, at home, in a spot they're supposed to control. But 'supposed to' is exactly the phrase that season openers love to embarrass. Whatever uncertainty Atlanta is carrying into this game either gets exposed in the first half or gets buried by a win nobody outside the building saw coming.
The number says Steelers. The noise says Falcons might be walking in without total clarity on their own depth chart. Somebody's right by 4:00 PM. Falcons or Steelers, who's taking the moneyline?