00:00You know, it's time to take a look here, Craig, at some of the situations some of these NFL teams
00:05find themselves in right now.
00:07Heading into week four, we got the Browns sitting atop of the AFC North.
00:13We've got the Pittsburgh Steelers going, where did it go all wrong?
00:18Well, I got a pretty good idea where it all wrong.
00:20You should have traded Watt when you had the chance and restarted that franchise.
00:25Tomlin knew it was time to go.
00:27So apparently nobody in the organization realized that that would have been the best thing to happen there.
00:33And then you got the Bengals who find themselves a healthy Joe Burrow, which is always great, but still a
00:40lot of question marks on the defensive side.
00:43So while Baltimore is certainly, it feels like the team's still to beat in this division.
00:51You said it last night, Baltimore is going to lose one game to the Browns here, are they not?
00:56And the rest of the way, the Browns have a much easier schedule than the Ravens do.
01:02Yeah.
01:03I don't know that Cleveland is going to compete for the division, but I definitely think they'll be in the
01:08playoff mix.
01:09I mean, the schedule's undeniable.
01:12I mean, look at Atlanta and Tennessee and the Raiders and Carolina.
01:20I mean, the Saints, like, I mean, Cleveland, if they play 500, think about this.
01:26If Cleveland plays 500 ball the rest of the season, they're making the playoffs.
01:30That's all they got to do.
01:32Two games over gets them in.
01:33And so I think there's a shot of that happening.
01:36Yes, I still put Baltimore absolutely at the top.
01:40I still think Cincinnati is probably better than Cleveland.
01:45I don't think the margin is that big, though, which I haven't thought that.
01:51Cincinnati, they always say about the Bengals, Joe.
01:54Oh, if they could just stay healthy.
01:55Oh, if they could just put it all together.
01:57I mean, eventually, can we just stop that?
01:59OK, like it may just never happen.
02:01Maybe they're just not that good.
02:02You know, maybe it's just never going to happen for them.
02:05Burrow's great.
02:06Jamar Chase is great.
02:07Tee Higgins is great.
02:08Their offensive line, you know, is OK.
02:12Bengals are always that team, the what-if team.
02:14And I've learned long enough, if you just keep saying what-if, it's probably not going to happen.
02:18You say what-if, it never did.
02:19So, yeah, let's give Cleveland a shot to finish second, Joe.
02:23I think that's possible.
02:24I don't think they finish ahead of Baltimore.
02:26They're not the worst team in the division, correct?
02:28Is that, I mean, a lot of people just assume the Browns are going to finish later.
02:32Yes, and-
02:33Probably, but, you know, still, you know, still, you know, Pittsburgh is right.
02:38Wow, Pittsburgh's, look at that win total.
02:39That dropped seven and a half.
02:41Is that current?
02:42Like-
02:44Is that the current odds?
02:45I believe that's all current numbers, yeah.
02:46Yep.
02:47Wow, yeah.
02:47As of this morning.
02:49Yeah, that's low.
02:50Yeah, I mean, I guess it is, it is, there is the possibility that Pittsburgh is the crash
02:54and burn team this year.
02:55I still think they're good, though, too.
02:57It could just be a division where Baltimore wins 11 and everyone else wins 9 or 8.
03:02But then somebody else would have to be taking it out on.
03:06Like, would it be, you know, I mean, I guess when you really think about it, maybe it's
03:09possible, Joe, that that division, the AFC North, is one of those divisions that has
03:14a lot of good teams and one great team.
03:17And the AFC East has one great team and every other team only wins five or six games or four.
03:24And maybe that's the difference this year.
03:25Maybe, because it has to even out at some, you can't have every division, obviously, winning
03:299, 10 games.
03:30But maybe Miami wins their one or two.
03:33Maybe the Jets win their five or six.
03:35Maybe New England wins their five or six, maybe.
03:40And Buffalo wins, and Buffalo wins a lot, obviously.
03:42So, maybe, is it possible that division is one of the best in football this season?
03:47Sure, anything can happen.
03:50Well, I think the problem with Pittsburgh is that the more they lose, the worse this Aaron
03:57Rodgers situation is going to get.
04:00He's already on edge, and we just got out of September.
04:04Like, he's already MFing everybody on the sideline.
04:07Like, it's, the more they lose, the worse this and the bigger train wreck that this is
04:12going to get.
04:13And I'm actually all for it.
04:15Traded Joey Porter to the Cowboys.
04:18He was supposed to be one of the anchors of the back end of that defense.
04:23Gone.
04:24So, Pittsburgh, I think, the worst, maybe it's not the worst thing that Pittsburgh
04:30craters this year and is forced to have to start over again, Craig.
04:34Because what choice did they, you can't keep bringing back 40-year-old quarterbacks, right?
04:39I know.
04:40Or Mason Rudolph, or Duck Hodges, or all these other quarterbacks they've had in the past.
04:45Brutal.
04:45You know, the truth with Rodgers is, is that, you know, he's not a well-liked guy at this
04:49stage of his career by most people.
04:51For me, I think he gets a bad rap, a lot of the stuff, just for being honest.
04:56And so, I'm not against Aaron Rodgers by any means, but I would tell you the epic mistake
05:01that he made is coming back.
05:03That's on him, okay?
05:04So, if this doesn't go his way this season, he's got to look in the mirror there.
05:08He had a choice to go out, to leave at the end of last season, just be done with it.
05:12But he chose to come back.
05:13If he comes back to a 6-10 or a 5-11 or a 5-12, hey, look in the
05:19mirror, buddy.
05:20Like, you knew what you were going into with Pittsburgh here.
05:24Spot on, Craig, exactly.
05:26You brought this on yourself, so, which is why I think it's going to be an epic dumpster
05:31fire, and I'm all for it.
05:32Sign me up, man.
05:33I'm going to get, I'm going to get Sunday ticket just to watch this dumpster fire with
05:38Aaron Rodgers.
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