Pittsburgh Steelers Set to Prove their Worth on the Road?
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00:03 First we start with a battle where no love is ever lost.
00:07 That's the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:10 The Steelers on the road right now booked as a favorite.
00:13 And Craig, maybe this is why.
00:16 Baltimore already knows where they stand.
00:19 13 wins this year, the number one overall seed in the AFC,
00:23 a bye week to begin the postseason.
00:26 But maybe an additional rest week to allow some of the starters
00:29 to kick back in this AFC North rivalry against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:34 Craig, ultimately, do you think we see Lamar Jackson out there on Saturday in
00:38 the Charm City?
00:39 >> Yeah, I don't think so.
00:42 I think that with his injury history,
00:44 it really, in this particular case, doesn't make a lot of sense.
00:47 But I do think that the Ravens are gonna come to play in this game.
00:51 I mean, Harbaugh is not gonna lay down against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:54 It's a division game.
00:56 At the beginning of the season,
00:57 there's a reason why the NFL schedule makers put this on week 18.
01:00 Cuz they thought maybe this would be for the division,
01:02 the last game of the season.
01:04 So I think that's why you see the line shift now down to three and
01:07 a half, as opposed to where it started off being at four.
01:11 I guess the question is, Ben, can Pittsburgh, I know Pittsburgh beats Seattle,
01:14 but they got a little lucky at the end of that game to win by as much as they did.
01:18 But Pittsburgh, generally speaking, would love to win by a minuscule of a point,
01:23 and just somehow get to the playoffs.
01:25 So I really don't have a strong position on this game, but
01:28 if I had to lean to one side, I probably would take Baltimore.
01:31 And at the very least, I would take Baltimore in the first half.
01:34 I don't know what the Ravens are gonna look like in the second half of this game.
01:38 And my concern would be is, guys, if they even pulled Huntley and
01:43 went another direction for, let's say, the final quarter,
01:45 then at that point you would really have to favor Pittsburgh.
01:48 But not my favorite game on the schedule, but certainly love the fact that
01:52 the NFL gave us a Saturday game this week, so I can't complain.
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