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00:02 Let's flip it over to the AFC North here.

00:04 You got the Ravens and the Steelers.

00:06 Minus four and a half here is a favorite for the Ravens on the road.

00:10 Also, when we take a look at this whole division,

00:12 if the Ravens can win this game, they are in pole position to take it the rest

00:16 of the way out winning a lot of divisional games and on the road here.

00:19 Talk to me about the Ravens in this game and also,

00:21 what are we expecting out of the Steelers' offense?

00:23 Much maligned with Canada and also, now you're looking at Kenny Pickett saying,

00:27 he's going to give it a go with a bone bruise in his knee.

00:30 Honestly, I think it's clearly only the Steelers know how healthy he is,

00:36 but I think it's silly to have him out there if he's compromised in any way with

00:39 a bye week coming up.

00:41 The offense is broken.

00:43 Unfortunately, we say that about a number of teams and

00:46 the Steelers are one of them.

00:48 The performance the other day against the Texans, just brutal.

00:51 They lost an offensive lineman too,

00:53 which the offensive line was the weakness of their team and

00:55 now they're losing the starters to boot.

00:59 The Steelers have been really good against the Ravens at home, historically.

01:04 So the four and a half, when the Steelers are an underdog at home in the manner

01:08 that they are this week, I think they're almost in autoplay,

01:13 but the way things have looked, interestingly guys,

01:17 if Trubisky is in there and he gets the start,

01:20 we have to wait and see what happens with Pickett.

01:23 I feel like he gives them a better chance to keep it close because a compromised

01:27 Kenny Pickett is going to have a hard time operating against the Ravens

01:31 as they're getting a little bit healthier defensively and overall.

01:35 It's a terribly low total of 38 for these two teams.

01:40 I just think the Ravens are a little bit too much for the Steelers at the moment,

01:43 even though we've seen some up and down performance from them as well.

01:47 It goes against what you think historically about the Steelers being a home dog,

01:51 but I just don't see it the way they're playing right now.

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