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00:00When we take a look at the AFC North, fascinating week on their hands.
00:05The biggest game, as they're all playing head-to-head,
00:07is probably Cincinnati and Pittsburgh,
00:10because the Bengals get word that Joe Burrow could be back
00:13way sooner than expected.
00:16But I think there's also been some rumblings of,
00:21eh, maybe he comes back if things look worth coming back to.
00:25And I don't know if they'll look worth coming back to
00:28if they lose to the Pittsburgh.
00:29Steelers.
00:30They'll be 3-7.
00:32They host New England the following week.
00:35I don't think he plays in that one.
00:36There'll be a dog.
00:38At 3-8, is he rushing to play a Thanksgiving game against Baltimore?
00:42No.
00:42I'm not so sure he is.
00:44How do you feel about Cincinnati on the road against the Steelers off a bye week?
00:47I like Cincinnati in this matchup.
00:50Again, I just believe that it is Flacco going up against a defense
00:55that he shredded about five weeks ago, four weeks ago.
01:00And I still think that'll carry through.
01:02And Jamar Chase and T. Higgins match up fantastic against that secondary.
01:07And until that changes, I can't buy in.
01:09I can't buy in in any capacity.
01:12So, you want to give me five and a half points with a divisional opponent
01:16to a team that they already lost?
01:18I never thought that Pittsburgh would be a nine-win football team.
01:22This year, in fact, I was on record saying they were a seven-win football team,
01:26and I'm sticking to it.
01:27So, this is a spot where I am not desperate to lay this number with Pittsburgh, Joe,
01:38but I don't have a ton of faith in Cincinnati.
01:42Flacco on the road.
01:44You've got to realize the only road game he actually played
01:46was that first start against Green Bay.
01:48He had a softer landing than I think people realize coming into this game
01:53against Cincinnati.
01:53But it's also a very banged-up Pittsburgh defense.
01:56The Cincinnati defense is in disarray.
01:58We all know that.
01:59I want to play the under in this one.
02:02I have a Sunday morning crunch prop from this game,
02:05so I'm going to wait.
02:06We're going to do that.
02:06That's coming up within less than 10 minutes' time.
02:09That stood out to me.
02:10But I just can't get to what this game, in terms of expectations-wise,
02:17these teams played once, right?
02:18You get the stunning 33-31 absolute shootout.
02:23The quarterbacks combine for over 600 yards, seven passing touchdowns.
02:29I mean, it was just a crazy, crazy game, Joe.
02:34And now it's like, yeah, it'll look like that again.
02:36Like, we just know the ebbs and flows of this league.
02:40This is a game that I'm not super invested in,
02:45but it's a game that, again, I think both of these teams need.
02:48Because let's be very clear, if Pittsburgh drops this game
02:52and fall to 5-5, well, it's then on the Browns to pull off an upset
02:59over Baltimore, or otherwise these teams will be even at 5-5.
03:05Like, we say it's an important game for Cincinnati,
03:07but this team getting in is a long shot regardless.
03:11The Steelers, I mean, there's no reason for Pittsburgh to think
03:14they can't win a division or even get in as a wild card team.
03:18They have to handle business here against the Bengals.
03:20They have to.
03:22But again, do you have confidence in them?
03:25Do you have confidence in Pittsburgh as a team that's a contender?
03:29No, they're not a contender, Joe.
03:31But I also think we've seen the up—
03:33Again, they're rollercoaster, right?
03:34Up and down nature.
03:35Ali Gordon touchdown.
03:37But Joe, they smash the Browns, they cover the number.
03:40Cincinnati upsets them outright.
03:42Then they're getting all this love against Green Bay.
03:43We saw it coming.
03:44Then, oh, their dead man walking against the Colts.
03:47Saw it coming.
03:48They lost to Seattle.
03:49They got smacked around.
03:51Where's the Colts?
03:52They stink.
03:52Their quality win is the Colts.
03:55Yes, but hold on.
03:56They're not good, but neither is Cincinnati.
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