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00:00We'll see you in a minute.
00:04The Cincinnati Bengals need a
00:06victory over the Baltimore
00:08Ravens. No other way to slice
00:10it here and since he currently
00:12is positioned as a two and a
00:13half point underdog, Burrow and
00:16the Bengals with a win would be
00:18two and three and while that
00:19wouldn't be anything to write
00:21home about, you drag Baltimore
00:23right back down to two and
00:24three and you'd both have to be
00:26rooting on Dallas tonight as
00:28and played the division leading
00:30Steelers. You look at these
00:31divisional odds and I really do
00:34believe that a Baltimore win,
00:36I'm not saying they're going to
00:37go to minus 200 because
00:38Pittsburgh tonight is still
00:39favored, but Cincinnati all of
00:40a sudden you're looking at plus
00:42600 plus 700 type of range to
00:45win this division, a team that
00:47I picked preseason to win this
00:49division. It's been a rough
00:51start here, Donnie. What are
00:52you seeing heading into this
00:53matchup? I like the Baltimore
00:55Ravens and what they've been
00:56doing the past couple of weeks.
00:57Let's get back to the ground
00:58game. Let's get back to playing
00:59good defense here and see what
01:00happens. Usually good things
01:01happen with Lamar Jackson,
01:02Derek Henry in your backfield.
01:03I need that same extension
01:05today as they take on the
01:06Cincinnati Bengals because the
01:07one thing that we used to say
01:08with the Bengals and say, all
01:09right, how can they stay in
01:11this football game? Well, Luan
01:11Aramos, very creative defensive
01:13mind. Doesn't really matter what
01:14the players are. We'll make it
01:15work. It hasn't worked at all
01:16this year. And if you're going
01:17to come into a football game
01:18and you can't stop the run,
01:20they're going to run all over
01:21you with the Baltimore Ravens.
01:22But I have said this. I like
01:23during the week where Joe
01:24Burrow is basically saying, I
01:26got to go out, Joe. I got to
01:27play perfect football to keep
01:29us in this game, which means
01:30that green lights Jamar Chase,
01:31that green lights T Higgins
01:33here. And that's what it's
01:33going to take. But if I'm
01:35looking at the game
01:35optimistically from a
01:36Cincinnati Bengals
01:37perspective, Joe Burrow has to
01:38throw for three twenty five and
01:40three scores. They don't win
01:40this. No, I agree with you
01:42one hundred percent. His number
01:43today, I believe, is in the
01:44area of two fifty nine and a
01:45half. You saw Jamar Chase get
01:48involved in regards to back to
01:49back weeks. It started when
01:50they lost the Monday night
01:52matchup to Washington over a
01:54hundred yards, two touchdowns
01:55continued last week against
01:57Carolina. T Higgins getting
01:59more involved in regards to the
02:00offense. I think if you're
02:01Cincinnati, you look to get
02:03this game into the 50s right
02:05over the forty eight and a half
02:06and say, let's try and outdo
02:08Lamar Jackson and at least take
02:10Derrick Henry somewhat out of
02:12the the the game, right?
02:13Because if they start and
02:14Derrick Henry's ripping off
02:16ten, twelve, fifteen yard runs
02:18and an eighty six yarder to
02:20start the game or a fifty
02:21yarder to hit pay dirt, it's
02:22going to be lights out and
02:24they're going to dictate the
02:25tempo. And I don't know if
02:26Cincinnati can win that type of
02:28ballgame. So it would a two and
02:30a half point number, Kev. I
02:31lean to Cincinnati here again.
02:34I'm with you. It's do or die.
02:35They win this. Great. If not,
02:37their season's over. I'm willing
02:39to take it because they're a
02:40home dog. I like the Bengals in
02:42this spot. I think the funny
02:43thing with me and sometimes this
02:45happens as a better if this
02:46game was pick, I feel like I'd
02:47be on Cincinnati. Then you make
02:49it two and a half. And I sit
02:50there all week going, I get
02:51three. I get three. Can I get
02:53three? Although at three, I
02:54think everybody then would all
02:55of a sudden start to jump
02:56Cincinnati there. Joe Burrow is
02:59an excellent underdog against
03:00the number in his NFL career.
03:02He's just been excellent against
03:04the number now at home needing
03:06the game. The offensive rhythm
03:08is there. That is the reality.
03:10Now, look, Washington and
03:11Carolina are a pair of very,
03:13very bad defenses. But
03:15Baltimore's defense is not been
03:17challenged. I'm not trying to
03:19downplay Buffalo or Dallas.
03:20What I mean is they've not been
03:21challenged for four quarters up
03:24against an unpredictable
03:25offense where they get these 20
03:29point leads against Buffalo and
03:30Dallas. It's just pin your ears
03:32back. Send everybody. A lot of
03:34the playbook can get limited
03:35like that. I think it is
03:37incredibly important in this
03:38game that you see the
03:40Cincinnati Bengals start early
03:43in this football game. Gosh,
03:45you're big. Can you make Lamar
03:46Jackson lay from behind here,
03:49force a couple errant passes
03:51into what I still think is a
03:53vulnerable secondary, but make
03:55him make one or two mistakes in
03:57this game. I agree with you
03:58guys. I look to Cincinnati, no
04:00doubt about it. The question
04:01becomes, where do we go into
04:04this props market right now?
04:06Last week, Don, you were on Joe
04:07Burrow for a best bet, got the
04:09job done. Are you looking to go
04:10back to? I really like Joe
04:12Burrow in this game because
04:12it's not so much if they had a
04:14bell cow running back, it's
04:16like, OK, those guys can steal
04:17some of those carries inside,
04:18let's say the five yard line. I
04:20don't think that's going to be
04:20the case today. I just think it
04:21has to be on Joe Burrow's
04:22shoulders. And to Joe's point
04:24bring up earlier, you're looking
04:25at T. Higgins another week in
04:27that lineup and healthy Jamar
04:28Chase another week. They're
04:29working together on the
04:30football field. I think that's
04:31going to pay dividends. Yossi
04:32Vash is a decent third option,
04:34but I don't have that bell cow
04:36running back. Look, Moss is a
04:37decent guy. We're not. Brown is
04:38a decent running back. But this
04:39team is going to be built today
04:40on the passing game, which is
04:42why I brought up not even being
04:43facetious. Three twenty five and
04:45two to three touchdown passes
04:46here is what it's going to take
04:47for Burrow. Why? Because, you
04:48know, the Baltimore Ravens are
04:49going to be sitting there in
04:50the fourth quarter, Joe, with
04:51sixteen points. No, they held
04:52Buffalo to eighty one rushing
04:54yards, completely neutralized
04:56Alvin, Alvin Cook. We were
04:58talking about Dallas, James
04:59Cook and Josh Allen in regards
05:01to the rushing attack. But I
05:03agree with Donna. I think this
05:04game plan is similar to the KC
05:06game, right where they started
05:07fast. They got Burrow up into
05:08the area of about two seventy
05:10five. We saw Gasicki also
05:12utilized on in terms of
05:14mismatches. Maybe he can be
05:15involved as a secondary option
05:17outside of Chase and Higgins.
05:20Higgins is fifty two and a half
05:22Gasicki twenty four and a half.
05:23I like both of those players
05:25today. I really think it comes
05:27down to the tempo starting fast
05:29as well. Playing at home, you
05:31want to start fast, keep that
05:32crowd involved, and then maybe
05:34your defense potentially can get
05:36some turnovers in this matchup.