AFC North Odds: Ravens Favored, Steelers Challenged

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00:00Let's start in the AFC North. The favorites are still the Baltimore Ravens at minus 175.

00:05But then you have the Pittsburgh Steelers with a tough matchup today at plus 185.

00:09And then just for S's and G's, the Cincinnati Bengals at plus 1100.

00:13Talk to me about the AFC North.

00:15Well, look, the Steelers are six and five. The Ravens are six and six.

00:19The Steelers today will play the Buffalo Bills. We're just talking about that Josh Allen game, right?

00:22So it's a perfect transition to kind of have this discussion.

00:25If the Steelers should win this football game, there is a little bit of distance.

00:28And there is some value here on the Pittsburgh Steelers.

00:31But I don't necessarily think that's going to happen.

00:33So let's look at the Pittsburgh Steelers schedule going forward here,

00:36because I think this is what we're looking for and trying to figure out, you know,

00:38how you can parlay a couple of these division winners together, how you can figure things out here.

00:42They play Buffalo this week. Then they go on the road to Baltimore.

00:46So they play Baltimore twice, right? Still running in the schedule.

00:49Baltimore week 14, then Miami, then at Detroit, at Cleveland, and then again at home versus Baltimore.

00:56So it really is going to come down to, do you think that the Pittsburgh Steelers can beat the Baltimore Ravens?

01:02And I don't. I still don't believe that. I'll believe it when I see it.

01:06They couldn't do it last year, and I don't think they can do it this year either.

01:08I just think Baltimore is a better football team than the Pittsburgh Steelers.

01:12And if you look at the Baltimore schedule, so they've already had their game, obviously, this week against Cincinnati.

01:17That was an L. They could have really put themselves in the driver's seat with a W.

01:20They didn't get one. They get Pittsburgh, then Cincinnati again.

01:23So they get a little revenge game there. And they're going to play New England.

01:26But again, New England's not at full strength necessarily, too, with an offensive line.

01:29So that should be a tenuous game possibly in play for them.

01:32They have to go at Green Bay, not the easiest. But again, Pittsburgh to finish up.

01:35So basically, it's going to come down to if you just beat the Steelers, you win this division.

01:41And I'm going to bet on the Ravens. And you can see Vegas is betting on that fact as well,

01:45that the Ravens at the end of the day are going to beat the Steelers.

01:48And that's all that's going to have to happen. And when they beat them in those two games,

01:52they will overtake them in the standings. They'll have tiebreakers.

01:55And for everybody who's loving all the Bengals, Joe Burrow's back.

01:58Look, if the Browns win today, they're going to have the same record.

02:01So what are we? No one's talking about the Browns in any playoffs or the playoffs.

02:05You're talking about the Bengals? I like Joe Burrow more than most.

02:08He's part of the Council of Joes. I'm a huge fan of Joe Burrow.

02:11But let's not get ridiculous that all of a sudden the Bengals are a playoff team with that defense.

02:14They're not. So fun night. Cool moment. Let's move on.

02:19Good to see Joe Burrow back. Bet on the Ravens to win that division.

02:23Level-headed logic. It's what you come to FST for.

02:27And then you stay for the nonsense.

02:29All right, let's move to the AFC South here. The Colts, minus 210.

02:3210, right? That's just where it goes.

02:34What needs to happen for a team like Jacksonville at plus 280 to take over?

02:40Now, this one is really intriguing because I think you're getting a little bit of exposure

02:44about Daniel Jones at this point in time in the offense

02:47and what his limitations are and what he can do and what he can't.

02:50And it's been a good season for the Indianapolis Colts.

02:53I don't want to take away anything from them.

02:54But let's look at the schedule for both of these teams

02:56because there is a lot of value of plus 280 here for the Jaguars.

03:00And I'm going to talk to you about why.

03:02Here's their upcoming schedule, right?

03:04They're going to play the Tennessee Titans, right?

03:07Then they're going to play the Colts.

03:09If you beat the Colts, again, this is a really interesting scenario.

03:12They then play the New York Jets, probably a loss to the Denver Broncos in Denver.

03:16That's probably where the Jaguars are going to spit the bit.

03:19But then they play the Indianapolis Colts again and the Tennessee Titans.

03:23So you figure they're going to beat the Titans probably twice.

03:27If you can beat the Jets and win one of those games in Indianapolis

03:30or against Indianapolis, I should say,

03:32all of a sudden this division becomes really dicey.

03:35Now the Colts side of this schedule is a little bit tougher.

03:38If you're looking ahead, they play Houston this week.

03:40That's a tough game.

03:41I think Houston can win this game outright.

03:43Then again, Jacksonville, as we mentioned.

03:45Then they go on the road at Seattle.

03:46Then they play the 49ers.

03:48And then they finish up again against Houston.

03:50So they've got two games remaining against that Houston Texans defense.

03:53Whereas the Jaguars have two games remaining against the Titans.

03:57I think the Jaguars could potentially sneak in and win this division.

04:01I think that there's a lot of juice there.

04:03And that would be shocking considering how the Colts started out.

04:06I still think the Colts are a playoff team.

04:08But when you look at the remaining schedule,

04:09I think it's kind of interesting because if the Colts are just split with the Jags

04:14and they win their two games against the lowly Titans

04:18and the Indianapolis Colts lose two games against the Houston Texans defense,

04:23all of a sudden, this division is going to the Jaguars.

04:26So just keep that in mind.

04:27So a lot of moving parts here.

04:28And it's going to have an impact on fantasy too,

04:30how these games are managed and what's going to happen.

04:32So just keep that in mind.

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