Editor's note: This column appears each Sunday night to give ESPN Chalk readers a first look at the next week's NFL lines. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook also puts out the advance lines the prior Tuesday (so Week 5 lines will be posted this upcoming Tuesday), and we'll examine how the weekend action affected those lines. We'll also look at which lines were the first to be bet by the professional bettors in Vegas (traditionally, those are the bettors most likely to fire away on these openers, though it's not the exclusive club that it used to be).
LAS VEGAS -- The NFL's epidemic of quarterback injuries continued Sunday with Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger going down against St. Louis -- and, of course, it had an impact on the point spread in the Steelers' next game.
Last week in the Week 4 advance lines at the Westgate SuperBook, Pittsburgh was a 3.5-point favorite for Thursday night's game against Baltimore. When the Westgate reopened its lines at 4:30 p.m. PT on Sunday, the Ravens were installed as a 2.5-point road favorite despite being 0-3 on the season. The CG Technology books in Nevada and some offshore books were at Baltimore minus-3 (plus-100, meaning those taking Pittsburgh plus-3 had to lay minus-120), and this has the look of a game that could hover between 2.5 and 3 during the short week.
The uncertain status of Jay Cutler and Drew Brees, who were both injured last week along with Tony Romo, kept the Oakland-Chicago and New Orleans-Dallas games off the board at the Westgate, though offshore books made the Raiders a short road favorite at Chicago.
Here are some other notable adjustments and line moves for the rest of the Week 4 card:
