Top Steelers expert releases Steelers vs. Patriots Sunday night picks

The New England Patriots host the bitter rival Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Night Football. It's an 8:20 p.m. ET kickoff from Gillette Stadium. New England is a 5.5-point favorite with an over-under of 49.

Before you make any Steelers vs. Patriots picks, make sure you read what SportsLine expert R.J. White has to say.

White has been SportsLine's top pro football analyst for two-plus seasons. Over that span, the CBS Sports NFL editor and nationally recognized NFL Draft expert has gone 214-164 on against the spread picks, returning more than $3,200 to $100 bettors.

The stats guru, whose picks are coveted by fans everywhere, has cashed huge in the world's most prestigious handicapping tournament, the Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest, twice in the past four years.

And nobody has figured out the Steelers like White. He's hit on 16 of his past 23 picks involving Pittsburgh, a nearly 70 percent success rate! Anyone who has followed him is WAY up.

White has scoured the rosters and made his picks for Steelers vs. Patriots. We can tell you he's leaning under, but White has isolated a critical X-factor that has him going big on one side of the spread. You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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