The Oakland Raiders are away this week against the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Unfortunately for the Raiders, Ben Roethlisberger is back for the Steelers after missing last week with a concussion.  Roethlisberger won’t have to do too much though, and will be handing the ball off a lot since the Raiders really struggle at stopping the run.  Rashard Mendenhall will likely run all over the Raiders weak run-defense and this could be a tough game for the Raiders defense.

The Raiders offense has been awful all year, especially their passing game.  Bruce Gradkowski has been much more effective than JaMarcus Russell, but that is not saying much at all.  The Steelers have a great run-defense so they are going to need Gradkowski to have a big game.  Gradkowski is not the type of guy to win a game on his own, so this will likely be another blowout loss for the Raiders.

FINAL SCORE PREDICTION:  Oakland Raiders 7, Pittsburgh Steelers 28