Steelers Top the AFC North at 6-2 After Monday Night's Victory

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00:00A Monday in Pittsburgh. The Steelers win 26-18 over the New York Giants. The Steelers cover

00:06as a six-point home favorite. Joe, let's start with Pittsburgh. A 6-2 football team that sits

00:13atop the AFC North. A full game advantage over the Baltimore Ravens at this point after the

00:18flock gets upset by the Cleveland Browns. The Browns though only have two wins. The

00:24Bengals are 3-5 after a winless 0-3 start. Joe, we expected the AFC North once again

00:30to be the best division in football. Nobody, even the Bengals without Joe Burrow for a majority of

00:35the season, had a losing record a year ago. It has not been overly exceptional, but still pretty

00:43solid division as you look at it. And Pittsburgh sits atop. A minus 300 playoff price for the

00:50Steelers. You see the odds there to win the AFC North. The Steelers are still not the favorites.

00:56It's even the Ravens with a hefty minus money price at minus 185. Let's start with the divisional

01:03race, Joe. Can the Steelers hold on by the end of this year to upend the flock in the AFC North?

01:10Yeah, well you mentioned it with the schedule thus far. They've done pretty good through a

01:16through a lot of situations in which you would think, well the Steelers are going to be up

01:21against it. But they've handled their business and they've done it, Ben, while also going through two

01:26quarterbacks. Basically holding a season-long tryout for two guys. And now Russell Wilson's

01:32in there seems to be, if nothing else, it has balanced the offense out with Russell Wilson.

01:38They're running the ball better. The offensive line is playing. They can hit the deep ball.

01:42So there is nothing about this team in the AFC North where you look at them and go,

01:47oh there's no way they can't win this division. Of course they can win this division.

01:51They're in first place because look at who they're competing against. Cleveland and Cincinnati

01:55are going the wrong way. It's ultimately going to come down to good old Pittsburgh

02:00and Baltimore again, isn't it?