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00:00NFL news and notes as we start the second half of this 2024 season tonight in the Charm City.
00:07Week number 10 though before we get to it some injury news of course as everybody is back on
00:13the practice field getting ready for Sunday. One of the main stories this week of course Donny
00:18is the health of Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott. We shared after the injury suffered in the road
00:24loss to Atlanta. The Cowboys now three and five. The hamstring injury would shelve Dak Prescott
00:30for the next few weeks. How serious exactly the Cowboys were mulling over the decision should he
00:35be placed on injured reserve. It's even worse than they initially anticipated. It is a partial
00:42avulsion. We'll hear from Dr. Donny in a moment but what that means is at least part of the tendon
00:48is off the muscle. It's not a hamstring strain or a tear. The muscle that the tendon is off.
00:55That is not good. Apparently Dak Prescott is seeking a second opinion. I think he's checking
01:02in for office hours with Dr. Donny right side. You know hamstring injuries DRS. You know calf
01:07injuries DRS. You are not an official doctor should be declared but what is Dr. Donny saying
01:12about the prognosis for Dak Prescott. Actually I do have my doctorate from William Patterson.
01:17It wasn't obviously one of those where it's like I actually went through got my doctorate but
01:22exactly an ambassador from the school. I believe I can speak on this at this point also from my
01:27trials and tribulations with hamstring injuries. Here's what we love again. He left the game with
01:32a hamstring injury. So I immediately text my buddies. I'm like hey you know what that's out
01:36next week. Like I don't need to see anything for the rest of the game or after the game. So post
01:40game press conference that goes up there and he's tough. Athletes are always tough. They never
01:43understand what a hamstring is. They just don't understand. You know what I'll probably be okay.
01:47I'll see if I can give it a go next week only to find out when you get an MRI you might be down for
01:51the rest of the season. This is absolutely devastating news for Dallas and comes at the
01:56worst time. Now I know why they're contemplating should we put them on IR or not because you're
02:00having a terrible season. If you put them on IR mandatory four games. Maybe as a quick healer can
02:05come back in three so you get them back sooner. But look at the next three games for the Dallas
02:09Cowboys. Eagles Texans at the Commanders. Dallas the season is over. You just paid Dak a ton of
02:16money. Don't ruin his career. Get him the surgery. Sit him down. If he comes back late in the season
02:21and it's already over at least he can get some reps in for next year and he can be healthy to
02:26the start of the offseason. It doesn't make any sense to rush Dak Prescott. Now maybe you would
02:30if it was like you know what we're gonna have the Giants and the Panthers on deck and we can win
02:36these two games with Cooper Rush. You're not winning. I get newsflash. You won't win any of
02:40the next three games right now. It's over for your season. Rest Dak Prescott. Put him on IR.
02:45Bring him back later just to get back into the flow. The FanDuel Sportsbook will not hang a price
02:52on the Cowboys right now with the injury uncertainty. We know it's a bad hamstring
02:57injury for Dak Prescott but it's timeline of even a potential return to the gridiron.
03:02There is not a playoff price and that's all we care about. What the price is out there though
03:08a hundred to one for the Cowboys to win the NFC. It is the fourth longest number. It is nearly
03:15double that of both the Seahawks the Buccaneers of all three and the Bears. The Cowboys have no
03:22chance. They had a limited opportunity even with a fully healthy Dak Prescott based on what we had
03:27seen so far this season. They have zero chance and yes we remember the five game run for Cooper Rush
03:35back in 2022 right where he won four games for Dallas. His connection with CeeDee Lamb was
03:42prolific. I don't expect that to be the reason that Dallas resurrects their season. The odds
03:48makers don't either. Seven points spread DRS in favor of the Eagles on the road this Sunday
03:54in Dallas and oh by the way the Cowboys are winless 0-3 both straight up and against the
04:00number at home in the star this year. By the way first place schedules which is what you love
04:06about the NFL. They love parody so if you have a great season you season before when the division
04:09like the Cowboys did you get this victor goes the spoils and boy it's spoiling. Look at this though
04:14take out the Giants from the equation which I'm still going to read them of who they played.
04:18It went Ravens, Giants, Steelers, Lions, 49ers, Falcons, Eagles, Texans, Commanders. That is an
04:25absolutely gauntlet schedule and when you're not having a good season already and you're injured
04:29on top of it you don't expect too many wins but could this be a saving grace for Mike McCarthy.
04:34What did you want me to do Jerry? I didn't have Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb came late to camp
04:38and look how hard our schedule was. I lost Michael Parsons and Lawrence was out. You gave me a
04:43running back that was Zeke Elliott. I thought he was going to be good but he wasn't. Maybe I can
04:46come back with a three-year contract show me some stability here Jerry. Nope not a chance it makes
04:52it even easier to dispatch of Mike McCarthy probably at some point in the middle of the
04:57season Donnie not even at the end of the regular season. Micah Parsons and CeeDee Lamb both dealing
05:03with their own injuries expected to play on Sunday as the Cowboys host the Eagles not sure it makes
05:09much of a difference. More quarterback injury news in Jacksonville the Jags are a two-win football
05:16team and Trevor Lawrence is dealing with an upper body injury that led to the Jags adding C.J.
05:21Bethard to their roster. Of course he has familiarity with the franchise. Matt Jones is
05:26still the backup quarterback if Trevor Lawrence were unable to play they are asked for a guy that
05:32really missed very few football games at his high school college and start of his NFL career. Lawrence
05:38has been dealing with some injuries the last two seasons it's why Jacksonville is putting together
05:43a poor product on the field and it's going to get even more poor if I can make that comment here
05:48coming up over the next couple weeks and what are we playing hockey an upper body injury is that
05:52your noggin because that's what it sounds like he took a shot last week going over the middle and
05:56diving to the head and also multiple sacks upon him but does it matter who are you playing this
06:02week the Vikings they're going to beat you where do you go the following week oh it should be easy
06:06in Detroit they're going to beat you after that a healthy Texans team turn out the lights in
06:12Jacksonville because it's over and like the writing on the wall DRS is already there for
06:18Mike McCarthy of course his contract does not extend past this season you feel that it might
06:24be the same for Dougie P. Doug Peterson is the coach right now of a two and seven football team
06:30where the outlook is not much better Jacksonville four and a half point home underdog against
06:35Minnesota on Sunday I think part of that probably bakes in the uncertainty around Trevor Lawrence
06:41that line would only grow by a point or two in my estimation if Lawrence is ruled out we'll
06:48talk about Christian McCaffrey making his way back for a 49ers team to be here for the second
06:53half he has not played this year he was on injured reserve San Francisco is an even 500
06:59four and four but a victory entering the by and now perhaps getting healthier on the other side
07:05the update on CMC and a potential update if there needs to be one on Deshaun Watson in Cleveland
07:13it's up next as we continue the NFL news and notes on the early line live right here on the early
07:20line it is a Thursday on sports grid it's the start of the second half of this NFL season week
07:26number 10 kicks tonight in Baltimore we'll preview Thursday night football when our second hour
07:31begins in just a few minutes end of this opening hour though DRS in the end of the opening half
07:37was not overly great for San Francisco the 49ers just four and four even 500 the short
07:43NFC championship favorites entering the year now trail the Detroit Lions by nearly three dollars
07:49but reinforcements are on their way back Christian McCaffrey elevated off injured reserve back at
07:56practice limited participant earlier this week but Kyle Shanahan saying he is pain-free it is a good
08:02sign for CMC who of course has not played in a game yet this season for the Niners oh it's a great
08:08sign if you're getting anything of what we've known to come here from CMC oh CMCO out there in
08:13San Francisco this is going to help them quite a bit because you see when Mason starts he's like
08:17hey look they're not even missing CMC at all technically with some of the numbers you weren't
08:21but then you see as he's the lead back and gets injured and he can't be the lead back and CMC is
08:26you're everything running back running the football and catching the football and sometimes Ben it's
08:31just nice you huddle up and you look back there boy we got to make a play you look around the
08:34huddle oh there's CMC just give him the football he's going to make it happen at this point this
08:38is a great sign for San Francisco but are we just banking on he's coming back as an MVP caliber
08:44running back and we know CMC has been injured in his career now coming off an injury what's that
08:49going to look like 10 carries 15 carries 20 plus touches we'll see coming find up here but that is
08:54a really good move for San Francisco you just hope he's back to what he was Achilles tendonitis in
09:01both legs never sounds good that's Dr. Ben's prognosis but you hope that he is healthy if
09:07there was a running back DRS to change an organization's outlook to change how the
09:13betting odds perceive a team that has often been viewed very favorably by the odds 49ers have been
09:19booked as a favorite in every single game they have played since the start of last season all 28
09:25Christian McCaffrey is that running back Sam Fran four and four straight up this year they have also
09:31covered in all four wins they have scored 30 plus points in all four wins they have gone over in all
09:37four victories a victory on Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys a couple of weeks ago in week
09:42number eight to enter the buy and now they get Christian McCaffrey back five and a half point
09:47road favorite this Sunday in Tampa to take on the Buccaneers DRS of course Deshaun Watson is not
09:53returning at any point this season after rupturing his Achilles but general manager Andrew Berry
09:59saying yesterday quote it's always possible for Deshaun Watson to come back and play football
10:05for the Browns again this reporter tweet from Mary Kay Cabot who covers Cleveland was ratioed
10:12not because of her take but because of GM Andrew Berry saying Deshaun Watson might come back and
10:19play again for the Browns DRS take us through that guaranteed contract the guaranteed money
10:25and what a dead cap hit looks like if the Browns were even trying to move on from that contract
10:31spoiler alert they can't yeah exactly and let's go back to the norm the normal waves that get
10:38normal waves let's just say in the contract markets right you see the contract five years
10:42230 that's not outlandish it's like okay that's a contract how much is guaranteed there 102 million
10:48105 million 108 million oh no the entire 230 million dollars is guaranteed which means you
10:54can't escape it so now when you take a look at some of the capits most teams say you know what
10:59let's front load that contract because on the back end of it if it doesn't work out we can get out
11:03from under it but this is 100 guaranteed and they went the opposite Ben they went light on the first
11:08couple years and back ended it and now he's injured and he's terrible so if you want to say
11:13sit him on the bench next year it's a 73 million dollar cap hit like whoo thank goodness only one
11:19no it's not one year Ben the following year 73 million dollar cap hit once again and in the NFL
11:26sometimes they give you cap relief you can choose you can get it all accelerated the one season is
11:30spread out over two it's 140 million that would either go onto your cap which would take up over
11:3650 to 60 percent of your team's cap states which means you can't even feel the team so let's just
11:41say you take the two years there it's 25 percent of the cap for your team each year that's not
11:47actually being on the field with one football player it's astounding and also the NFL owners
11:52they got to be raising a glass of champagne tonight to Cleveland because they were angry
11:57when this contract was signed because of what could have happened if it worked out but the fact
12:01that it was so epically bad nobody's ever going to see these type of numbers guaranteed ever again
12:07so they have to like that they probably point and laugh at Jimmy Haslam and they have every right to
12:13do so you see those numbers Deshaun Watson has a 9 and 10 record in Cleveland they actually won
12:18five of the first six games last year that Watson started he did not complete all five of those
12:24victories they of course were one and six this year and Watson did not throw for more than 200
12:29yards in any of those games to start off this season it will go down as the worst contract
12:36in sports history hour two next what a way to kick off the second half of this 2024 NFL season
12:44what a way to start our second hour live right here on this Thursday on the early line on sports
12:49grid he is Donny Rightside I am Ben Stevens DRS week number 10 kicks off tonight with a dandy in
12:56Baltimore an AFC North rivalry a divisional duel with huge second half implications between the
13:03Ravens and the Bengals it will be our focus for this opening half hour of hour two we'll talk
13:09some college football after that with Mark Zinno to get you set for the second Saturday in November
13:17so much football to dive through here in this second hour on this Thursday on the early line
13:22absolutely there is and it's a great Thursday night football game it's not one we're worried
13:26about who the quarterbacks are going to be you have two of the best quarterbacks in the sport
13:30going toe-to-toe tonight in very good conditions and coming off of the game where they played each
13:34other already to a 41 to 38 final are we saying we're going to get 70 plus points in this game
13:40not necessarily but these two teams are going to go down slinging tonight and I can't wait to watch
13:44a play out that game was an absolute banger in week number five the Bengals trying to resurrect
13:50their season after an 0-3 start and their first victory of the year testing the Ravens that
13:56started a five-game win streak or excuse me was in the five-game win streak for Baltimore as well
14:03the Bengals were a two and a half point home underdog Justin Tucker in a game-tying field
14:08goal to force extra time and then Joe Burrow and the Bengals got the ball first in overtime
14:14unable to take advantage bad snap bad hold on a field goal attempt Derek Henry broke off a big
14:20run set up a game-winning field goal out of Justin Tucker as Baltimore emerged victorious
14:2641-38 the Bengals barely missing out on a cover as that hook as a two and a half point underdog
14:34but DRS when Joe Burrow has been an underdog of at least a field goal or greater in his NFL career
14:41he has been prolific covering numbers and that's what we will see tonight six and a half point
14:46spread in favor of the flock they have won six of their last seven after a witness oh and two start
14:53to this year the bank we said oh and three to begin this season a large hole to try to crawl
14:58out of to maybe just maybe see the postseason they have won four of their last six it's a six
15:05and a half point number in favor of the Ravens at home short week Thursday night football game
15:11divisional duel it makes sense to see the home team laying a good amount of points total at 52
15:18and a half DRS where do you start your breakdown for this more key matchup to begin the second
15:24half of the year between the Ravens and the Bengals same way Kansas City and Tampa Bay I
15:29didn't think there was any way shape or form that Kansas City would lose that game now was it close
15:33yes but they didn't lose that game I have that same type of notion tonight right around a touchdown
15:36spread they should be able to win and cover this game and you did bring up a good point trying to
15:40resurrect your season for Cincinnati Ben after losing the first three games on your schedule
15:45and yes hey look they're four and two in their last six the four wins Panthers Giants Browns
15:51and Raiders the dregs of the NFL the losses in between there the Ravens very good football team
15:57and the Philadelphia Eagles a very good football team now for the book I said it multiple times I
16:02don't I wasn't high on Cincinnati coming into the season but sometimes you know I sort of box
16:06myself in by saying there's no way that Cincinnati can get to the playoffs then I take a look at the
16:11teams that Cincinnati is around you like those teams stink too so yes there is a pathway but
16:16I'm going to tell you right now the next three games for the Bengals are absolutely pivotal
16:20pivotal you take a look at the Ravens game on the road you take a look at the Chargers game on the
16:24road you take a look at the Steelers game at home they have to go one and two again they're under
16:29500 I'm telling you there's still a chance for them if they go one and two in the next two games
16:34you just can't lose all three I don't think they're winning tonight I love the Chargers I'm
16:39not sure they can win there maybe it's the Steelers December 1st once they get back home but
16:43keep in mind if you're playing on a Thursday night football game you get that mini buy built in before
16:48you have to go up against the Chargers they must go one and two and I don't think one of those wins
16:52is coming tonight though to be honest yeah DRS it is going to be a difficult spot but it's a six
16:58and a half point spread in a divisional game I mentioned how good Joey B has been as an underdog
17:03of a field goal or more in his NFL career 16 and 3 ATS they have been an underdog of more than
17:10three points once this year week number two in Kansas City that game of course decided by just
17:16a single point Casey did emerge with a home victory 26 25 in fact the Bengals have done
17:23most of their damage this year away from Cincy they are three and one straight up away from home
17:29and a perfect four and oh against the spread on the road Joe Burrow 16 and three against the spread
17:37as an underdog of three points or more a dog twice this year for the Bengals one and one ATS over in
17:46both and barely missing out on the cover of that game of course against the flock in week number
17:51five Donnie it is interesting looking at these two teams and it's a short week Thursday night
17:56football game that starts the second half of course the significance of this game will make
18:01it not feel like a short week Thursday night game to start week number 10 but it still is based on
18:07the logistics and the scheduling of where this game and when I should say it takes place the
18:13Ravens have gone over in eight of nine games this year in fact the Ravens have been an underdog
18:20of five points or more four times this season two and two straight up and against the spread and
18:28they have gone over in all of those four games 52 and a half for a short week Thursday night
18:35football game to begin week number 10 that is the total what do you expect in terms of offense
18:41because of it Lamar the star that's what you expect he's been absolutely on fire this year
18:46maybe headed towards a third envy regular season MVP in the NFL and the one thing you know about
18:51Joe Burrow it doesn't matter who's he's with he's going to be able to complete passes and push it
18:55up it's just a matter of that electric front seven for the Baltimore Ravens if they continue to get
18:58home it's certainly going to make that a lot tougher on Joe Burrow but also keep in mind
19:02last game they played Jamar Chase did have 10 catches for buck 93 and two scores but the guy
19:07that's not going to be here tonight T Higgins nine for 83 and two scores in that football game
19:12as well and if I believe I'm correct here I want to say two out of the past three games T Higgins
19:16had multiple touchdowns against the Baltimore Ravens not playing tonight and I don't even know
19:21if we're going to activate it because last week was interesting to me as you know I loved over
19:24one and a half touchdown passes for Joe Burrow because I'm like you know what Burton's going
19:28to be able to step into that mold that guy was inactive Sunday not because an injury because
19:32he doesn't even show up to practice anymore so it's like man how many weapons do we have like
19:35I like Kosicki tonight and I think has a chance to do some good things but boy it's just going to
19:39be Burrow and Chase against the entire Ravens team I don't know how that's going to hold up at least
19:43when you had Higgins it's like boy we can really get after this we just need to stop on defense
19:47or two because those two guys are there is it just going to be Chase tonight that's going to be a
19:50tough hill to climb the Ravens had not been ah there we go look too much electricity this morning
20:00on a game for Thursday night but yes just getting back to the original point here Jamar Chase and
20:04T Higgins formidable on the outside and that is the way that you attack the Baltimore Ravens who
20:09tried to add Tredavious White here to give a little bit of a background at this point so we
20:13can say you know what this defense can hold up on the back end but we are expecting points Ben and
20:18from the main aspect of it we're talking about November the 7th this is supposed to be cold
20:24weather and windy conditions we're getting 62 degrees at kickoff tonight we so why aren't we
20:30getting fireworks do I love do I take in the 52 and a half to the over I don't think I'm going to
20:34do that on a straight wager right I'm going to play props as if we're getting a good amount of
20:38points tonight DRS I don't know if I would have the cojones to go under right just to be like oh
20:43it's too many points maybe it's not worth a bet on the over because it feels too lofty but an under
20:50not necessarily feeling like the right side Joe Burrow has thrown five touchdown passes in a game
20:55twice this year last week of course against the Raiders throwing for more than 250 had 392 yards
21:02in five passing touchdowns in week number five against the Ravens in the flock is the worst
21:07secondary in the NFL allowing 281 yards per game DRS can we also go from Dr. Donnie to fashion
21:17police Donnie on the other side purple rising the alternates tonight for the clock we'll talk
21:23about it next as we continue tonight football now before we give you the actual x's and o's
21:29to continue our breakdown how the props look and will dictate the outcome for Thursday night
21:34football I don't know if we have actual clip reel photos or any b-roll images oh we do hey oh all
21:41right we told you already showed you Dr. Donnie earlier in the show now it's time for fashion
21:47police Donnie how does this affect his handicap for Thursday night football the purple rising
21:53uniforms the Ravens will debut tonight new matte purple uh helmet DRS decked out in fully purple
22:01tonight as well it's the first time the Ravens in their history as a franchise have used a non-primary
22:10black helmet as what they will display on the field does it help your chances of the Ravens
22:16winning and covering tonight might it hinder based on these uniforms fashion police right
22:21side no it looks pretty clean it looks pretty clean right there now that's only like the practice
22:25uniform version of it so I would like to see like right how I guess it's purple pants that they're
22:30going to wear as well I just wish to see the logo on the helmet just give me the regular Ravens logo
22:35on the helmet I think that would be better than that Ravens logo right there but I'm not yeah
22:38there's no like as the fashion police here we're not arresting this uniform right here I think it's
22:42all right you get a pass and you know what I mean we're good we're good to go word on the street is
22:47the Giants are wearing the century red uniforms over in Germany this weekend we shall see that
22:54but listen I love the purple rising I think it looks great I think when Clemson shows the purple
22:59uniforms I think when LSU don't even get Jolici started on the purple uniforms of the Bayou Ravens
23:05perhaps this Saturday night at home in Baton Rouge I like the purple rising uniforms of the Baltimore
23:12Ravens all right DRS let's continue the prop breakdown we talked about Joe Burrow
23:16five passing touchdowns last week five passing touchdowns and nearly 400 yards in the first game
23:22against the flock this year they have the worst passing defense giving up 281 yards per game
23:28throughout this season Lamar Jackson is more than likely not going to win a second consecutive MVP
23:34award or his third in the last six seasons but he is certainly playing to an MVP caliber level
23:41if the Ravens are going to win this game comfortably tonight DRS against the Bengals
23:45defense that has been a mixed bag this year what do the Ravens need out of Lamar
23:50no it's just being average like average Lamar has been MVP Lamar which is crazy it's like hey we
23:54need him to throw 40 times and 400 yards like no you need him to throw 27 times like 265 and three
24:00touchdowns which feels like he does that on a week-to-week basis here's the problem and again
24:05it's not actually a problem because he's an MVP and he's really good you saw last week word coming
24:10out a little bit banged up and you say okay what does Lamar usually give you on the ground 35 45 55
24:1565 yards here didn't run much last month and not for a lot of yards so if you are looking to attack
24:21Lamar Jackson once again on the ground which he can do I'm sort of staying away from those
24:25rushing numbers but you see the passing numbers they're not hindered at all and hear me out on
24:29this at all the wide receiving court say Flowers is their number one is he a true number one like
24:33a Devante Adams no not necessarily he's just a lead dog in that clubhouse but now you have
24:38multiple guys that can get open you don't have likely back as a set tonight but you still have
24:42Mark Andrews coming back as if he's getting back to pre-injury Mark Andrews there's no reason to
24:48believe that Lamar Jackson cannot throw for more than two touchdowns in this game listed at a minus
24:53128 price right now on the FanDuel Sportsbook because if you're looking at the MO the one
24:57thing we know Cincinnati's defense is bad the Ravens offense is really good and it's centered
25:03around Lamar Jackson so if you say Donnie do you like over 232 in his passing prop I would be a
25:08fool to say no but if you said of his passing props passing yards or passing touchdowns which
25:14way are you going it's the passing touchdowns for me for Lamar Jackson Ben in DRS we cruise to the
25:20over form of homes of one and a half on Monday night I think both of these quarterbacks go over
25:26those passing touchdown props when you look at what Lamar Jackson did in the initial game this year
25:31against Cincinnati of course Burrow nearly 405 touchdowns albeit a costly interception late
25:37Lamar Jackson's performance 348 yards four touchdowns 55 yards on the ground DRS Lamar
25:46Jackson only three carries to your point for just four yards last week the first time this year in
25:51any of the nine games that Lamar Jackson has played that he had less than 40 rushing yards
25:57and last week they didn't need it they were blowing out the Broncos they won 41 to 10 he was
26:0216 of 19 for 280 in three touchdowns as many touchdown passes as incompletions in fact dating
26:10back to that Bengals game in week number five Lamar has gone for 280 plus in five consecutive
26:16games no reason to think that slows down tonight and Donnie when the Ravens have won this year
26:22Derrick Henry has had at least 92 yards on the ground he was less than that in loss of the
26:28Browns two weeks ago back over the century mark last week against Denver the Bengals have had
26:34running back issues this year as Zach Moss is now injured they made the deadline deal to get
26:39Juice Herbert from Chicago in the second year pro out of Illinois Chase Brown has kind of emerged
26:44as that lead back also really great in what he does in the receiving game as well for Joe Burrow
26:51and that Bengals offense compare those running backs for us if you will for Thursday night
26:56I love this this is and this is why we like these games are we worried about the two quarterbacks
27:00Ben no are we worried about the two technical number ones for each team which is Jamar Chase
27:04and Zay Flowers no they're going to get theirs and the running backs here there's no committee
27:08by running back on either one of these teams you have a stone cold stunner out there in Derrick
27:12Henry that you know is going to be rushing for 75 plus yards and definitely is going to hit
27:16pager they say hey what's that in plus 120 plus 130 like no you are paying through the nose to get
27:21a touchdown prop for sure out of Derrick Henry you see that at a minus 270 price but now you
27:25see Chase Brown with no Moss he is their lead dog backfield on third downs and first downs and
27:30second downs he's going to get the goal line carries and the opportunities on third down to
27:34catch the ball so when I look at this game it's almost like the perfect storm on offense yes I
27:39understand it's not automatic when you just take good guys and you expect them to have great nights
27:42but we're not worried about like man I really missed out like and again it could happen Rashad
27:47Payton and eight catches for 132 yards and two touchdowns like no we don't think that's going to
27:50happen let's say Flowers or Yoshivosh wow seven catches for 113 yards Jamar Chase didn't get
27:56anything no we expect Jamar Chase to get those so from a receiving perspective and a running
28:00back perspective I love this game and yes I do think if you have a parlay card tonight
28:05there is Derrick Henry absolutely anytime touchdown minus 270 he can add some value to it
28:11he has scored 11 touchdowns this year he has scored in all but one game this year for Baltimore
28:16he has scored multiple touchdowns in three of the eight games he has found Pater DRS and it's
28:22pretty simple for the Ravens it should not be a surprise it's one of the reasons they added
28:26Derrick Henry when they're great on the ground they are often unstoppable Derrick Henry has gone
28:32over 89 and a half rushing yards his prop tonight against the Bengals in all six wins this year for
28:39the flock again it seems rather simple it is the receivers in the outlook that's next so let's look
28:46at the receivers for Thursday night football as Donnie has said the number one wide outs are there
28:51Jamar Chase is a much higher prop as the one for Cincy 80 and a half than even Zalfzai Flowers
28:58on the other side for the Ravens 59 and uh-huh Mike Visicky huge last week a buck 20 in terms of
29:05his receiving yardage output two of the five touchdown tosses that Joe Burrow through Mark
29:11Andrews Donnie an intriguing component of tonight if I do say so myself because Cincinnati of course
29:17was trying to make its comeback once again last year after starting oh and two they were playing
29:22much better football entering this Thursday night game short week week 11 not week 10 but week 11
29:29against Baltimore and of course that was the end of the season for both Mark Andrews and Joe Burrow
29:3542 and a half is the number on Andrews how do you handicap the receivers who will be catching
29:42all the passes tonight Donnie on a night where we expect both quarterbacks to go off and to probably
29:46go over their passing touchdown props again it's it's hard to find a game which is why I was so
29:52excited to start the week when we saw this game coming up on Thursday night because it's everything
29:56that I like to see again dynamic quarterbacks very good running backs very good weather conditions
30:00two defenses that can be had on the back end but are we playing up to let's just say the value to
30:06some of these players because if you say Donnie who should dominate tonight you know it's going
30:10to be Ben the usual suspects out here Jamar chase but where's he sitting around 80 in this game so
30:15you're gonna have to have an average to really good night just to cash that if you take a look
30:18at say flowers 60 and a half average the good night to cash that or are we starting to slide
30:23it down and say if we're going to get let's just call it 55 points in this game to come around that
30:28total you look at Rashad Bateman 28 and a half it's not that much Deontay Johnson who you know
30:33wants to get you know what it doesn't have to be the lead dog but you want to ingratiate him
30:38into that offense you're going to leave him left on the sideline with one catch for six yards or
30:41do you want to get him a couple touches early to say you know what welcome to the team that's only
30:4520 and a half you switch it over to the other side Mike is second who you know but I was high
30:49on last week took him on pro football today plus 350 to score touchdown ends up with two touchdowns
30:54five catches and a hundred yards but his numbers been last week when I liked him here saying I
30:58think he could do some damage 26 and a half 27 and a half he's almost double that tonight at 49 and a
31:04half so you're not sneaking up on anybody but Eric all jr that backup tight end is no longer there
31:10with the acl injury so it is going to be all gaseki and you can see over the past couple weeks
31:14which includes the eagles game that you're finally getting comfortable with joe burrow and mike
31:18gaseki I mean the dude's like six nine out there you gotta see him as a target and if you're losing
31:22the passing game is going to have to go through him for some wet but mark andrews 42 and a half
31:26for me I like both of the tight ends if you say donnie you like gaseki over 50 yards or mark
31:31andrews over that 42 and a half I probably go mark andrews to be honest I like the fact that likely
31:36is out so you're probably expecting 67 targets maybe coming andrews way that should get it here
31:41but from a touchdown perspective like say flower should score a touchdown tonight same thing with
31:45jamar chase should score a touchdown tonight because if I think both of the quarterbacks
31:49have chances to go over one and a half touchdown passes somebody's catching that and it's not going
31:53to be running backs it's going to be tight ends and it's going to be wide receivers so give me
31:57that action there deontay johnson and his baltimore debut 20 and a half again what exactly is the
32:04familiarity like with the scheme with lamar jackson at this stage that number probably will be on the
32:10uptick the next few weeks with shot baitman over 28 and a half drs i've mentioned that lamar has
32:16thrown for 280 plus in five consecutive games dating back to the opening matchup this year
32:21against the bangles in that first game in cincy eight targets only four grabs for baitman but 58
32:27yards and a touchdown fully healthy this year the former number one overall pick or not overall pick
32:33first round selection out of minnesota has been so much better this season i look at that number
32:39and think it is still a slight discount mark andrews has scored four touchdowns this year
32:45all four in the three games before last week for baltimore in that route of denver and again drs
32:52this is a divisional duel this is an afc north rivalry and it's a game albeit on a short week
32:58that has huge implications the ravens minus 220 to win this division baltimore enters the second
33:05half six and three but the stealers actually have the better record at six and two yeah and look
33:12this is going to go a long way not necessarily for me because let's just say since then it goes
33:16on the road here and ends up beating the baltimore ravens i think that the ravens have a legitimate
33:20chance to win a world championship yes i know they've lost some crazy games this year to the
33:24vegas raiders and also the cleveland browns but their top end is better than a lot of other teams
33:28top end but this is a game where if cincinnati wins their numbers drastically are on the rise
33:34here cutting some of those prices maybe even in half at this point because the expectations is
33:38they're not supposed to win tonight getting t higgins back next week hopefully after this mini
33:42buy maybe you should start buying back on the bangles but i'm not going to do that i didn't
33:46like them before this season i don't like them now and certainly i don't think they win tonight
33:49but if they do that's the mover here ben not necessarily the ravens the playoff price is minus
33:55114 we'll talk more about that later on my mistake deontay johnson did play last week yeah didn't
34:01really do all that much for baltimore his second game though with the raven football football
34:07football with mark zeno live right here on this thursday on the early line on sports grid from
34:12the college ranks back to the start of week number 10 of this nfl season in 2024 zeno gives his
34:18thoughts on a thursday night banger in the charm city between the ravens and the bangles you know
34:24baltimore six and a half point favorite against cincinnati crucial afc north rivalry a game with
34:30significance now in the second half total stands at 52 and a hook a very lofty number for a short
34:38week thursday night football game how are you seeing these numbers for the thursday night
34:43football game between the ravens and the bangles well one highest total we've seen on thursday
34:47night football in three years that should tell you something here uh about these two teams but
34:53i think it's well documented i pretty much despise zach taylor as a coach and beyond jamar chase
34:58joe burke trae hendrickson the bangles have one of the worst rosters in the nfl they're flat out
35:02awful that said i'm backing the bangles tonight plus the points here on thursday night football
35:08um look the bangles are a desperate team right now they need a win they need a division win
35:15and in order to save their season they have to put you know stack wins on top of one another
35:20and put their best foot forward not only that seven of the late seven of the last eight contests
35:25between these two teams guys have ended one of two ways in a one score game or a bangles blowout
35:31so the bangles have always handled the ravens well and played them tough uh and i expect them
35:37to do it here the bangles should have won that first matchup if the aforementioned zach taylor
35:41wasn't a putz and a horrible coach and a disgusting play caller they would have won that game but all
35:46those things i just said about them are true and that's the variance that i'm bringing in here
35:50betting the cincinnati bangles because well he's an idiot uh and and should be fired for my my
35:55accounts by all he's just not a very good coach period like i just i don't have more data to speak
36:00of than you can imagine on zach taylor that said again too much here for me to lay in a division
36:05game on a thursday night on a short week which favors the lower scoring game favors the bangles
36:10here so i'll take the points some low-hanging fruit in this game mark how do you approach it
36:14like derrick henry's prop here at the fan blue sportsbook for rushing his 89 and a half yards
36:18his touchdown prop just dropped hey to minus 260 how do you approach derrick henry tonight is
36:23this auto bet all of the time well bangles defense is bad so yeah it feels that way i would be more
36:31inclined to take it probably a better number the longest rush for derrick henry if he gets
36:35something in the you know 12 15 yard race something under 20 he's probably likely to
36:39have one of those if he's going to hit that number but i'll give you one more guy to target props
36:42which is even who's had even better success that's jamar chase against the ravens defense
36:47in his career he's averaged just under a hundred yards a game receiving last time out he had 10
36:52receptions for almost 200 yards and two touchdowns against the ravens like hey we know the ravens can
36:57stop the run but does anybody take note that the ravens have the worst pass defense in the nfl and
37:01i don't want to hear oh it's because they lead it's all garbage time no bs it's a bad pass defense
37:06and has been all year long you can throw on the scene part of the reason also why i like the
37:10bangles because jamar chase is gonna have a huge night against them jamar chase anytime touchdown
37:14feels pretty tasty if you ask me going into this thing i know that 80 and a half is really really
37:20high but for the most part chase should have a big night against a bad ravens defense and joe burrow
37:26did throw five touchdowns not just last week chase actually did not have a receiving score last week
37:31of course he had a few against the ravens the first time these two teams squared off in week
37:37number five so you know it's always interesting to have a divisional duel as a short week thursday
37:42night football game because the implications are higher for cincinnati you mentioned it is a must
37:48win game after starting oh and three there is limited margin of error always even against one
37:53of the best teams in your division and in the conference minus 114 is since he's priced right
37:59now to see the playoffs at the end of tonight at the end of this season do you believe the bangles
38:06will be a playoff team in the afc no i told you guys that from the beginning of the year that
38:10they were in a playoff team i told you guys in the beginning of the year that they might finish
38:14dead last in this division and if the cleveland browns weren't the cleveland browns guess what
38:18um they would be in last place in this division so uh this is not a good football team it won't
38:24be a good football team this year there's too much stacked against them and they don't have
38:27the horses in the barn to compete so uh bangles missed the playoffs i said that from august
38:33this game would be very important of course for cincinnati if they drop it they are going to be
38:38four and six however with that being said there are still opportunities elsewhere to make up some
38:45ground still because of how weak the afc has been across the board quickly sit up before we let you
38:50go final 30 seconds where do you stack the ravens in your tier of elite in the afc they're the best
38:57team in the afc right now they are i mean power rankings wise the chief's offense is impotent
39:03it's not good uh they can't seem to get more than 23 24 points a game and the ravens and it's just
39:09a matter of can the ravens execute on the defensive side of the ball and can they do it when it
39:13matters in the playoffs that we shall see that is the question of course for lamar jackson and this
39:19baltimore club mark zeno we appreciate the time as always our number three is up next live right
39:25here on this thursday on the early line on sports grid we welcome you to our number three our third
39:32and final to set the stage for thursday night football the start of the second half of this nfl
39:37season week 10 kicks tonight with an awesome game a marquee matchup a divisional duel an afc north
39:43rivalry between the bangles and the ravens we'll talk thursday night football from the lens of the
39:48public in just a moment we'll have some hardwood handicaps your two premier nba handicappers back
39:55on the network drs and myself and a thursday night slate in college hoops big 10 teams
40:03multiple already playing their second game of the season on the fourth day of this young college
40:08basketball season and then the prop perspective with tom vecchio for thursday night as well
40:14time to get to hear drs in this final hour of a thursday on tel love to see it here and again
40:20we're in the month of november on the east coast here with still good weather let's enjoy it while
40:24we got it which means we should be getting some points tonight which we're going to hit in just a
40:27few moments but there is a nice card tonight and it's a great weekend of football but by the way
40:31ben and can we just keep on taking like laps and seriousness lsu alabama two teams with two losses
40:38is that a 12 o'clock kickoff one o'clock kickoff normally like this game is huge and we are still
40:43loving this and the fact that either one of these teams takes a loss i think that's all like the low
40:47man on the totem pole is like like lsu if they lose they still have like a 10 chance to get in
40:52the college football playoff with three losses the greatest college football season people is
40:57playing out right in front of you right now and i love it i love that you are a fan of expansion i
41:03completely agree it could serve as an eliminator but even three losses might not sideline at least
41:10an sec team from cfp contention in the initial top 12 of the college football playoff rankings
41:16four teams from the big 10 four teams from the sec one each from the acc and the big 12 the
41:23independent notre dame in a group of five school out of the mountain west boise state if you wore
41:28the acc and big 12 you don't love the look right now with multiple teams from the sec with multiple
41:36losses standing in front of the second best teams in your conference but that remains to be another
41:43question for another day drs let's hear from the people to get you set for thursday night football
41:49what is the best bet to start week 10 in this awesome game between the bangles and the ravens
41:55it was the question and fade the public
42:04pretty even splits here out of the public at sports grid on twitter what is the best bet for
42:09thursday night football the ravens has nearly a touchdown home favorite cincy getting six and a
42:14half points on the road in a short week divisional duel over a very high total for a short week
42:20thursday night game 52 and a hook or under that number most of the public drs back in the bangles
42:27getting six and a half points but it's not overwhelming 37.6 percent over 52 and a half 28.6
42:34slightly less than 23 on the ravens as the home favorite which way did donny right side vote in
42:40this fade the public poll for me i actually voted for the ravens minus six and a half which is only
42:4422 so sort of that fading the public taking the bangles at plus six and a half the fan of me would
42:49love to take the bangles plus six and a half because that means they're going to be in the
42:51game all the way and probably be a good running mate towards that ravens offense the over also
42:56i would love to bet the over 52 and a half not really a total backer per se anymore more of a
43:00team total guy if i go that direction but i can't fault to see where the public's going because
43:04just based on the history of these two franchises the way they play in the game they just played
43:07early in the season it should be a close one but i do think the ravens win this football game i
43:11think they're talented enough to be able to pull away the one thing i know that's a bad defense
43:15for the bangles can joe burrell pull a rabbit out of a hat yes he can did he play very well
43:20last weekend without t kagan throwing five touchdown passes and technically six because
43:24you throw a pick six the other way to the raiders but the previous week before is the game i want
43:28to focus on where the philadelphia eagles came into town with a talented offense and a decent
43:32defense at that time and just took cincinnati apart you take away t higgins from that offense
43:37you can more center it on jamar chase to try to slow him down i just don't know if the bangles
43:41can keep up so if the ravens win this game which i think they do i'm going to lay the six and a
43:45half so i'm fading the public with the 23 percenters out there so the public on a roll
43:52right now they had the buccaneers getting nine and a hook on monday night against kansas city
43:56of course casey remains unbeaten at eight and oh in overtime but tampa did cover the public has
44:03won the last few in the fade the public poll they are now eight and seven still a near 500 split i
44:09think all the metrics tell us the bangles could be the right side in this game joe burrow as an
44:14underdog of three plus points in his nfl career 16 and three against the spread one and one ats
44:21as an underdog this year but did cover when they were getting five and a half on the road in week
44:25number two against kansas city the only road lost this year drs for the bangles they have won their
44:31other three games they are a perfect 4 and 0 ats away from cincinnati where did that game against
44:38philadelphia happen at home where did the first game against baltimore happen at home in terms
44:44of the total it makes a lot of sense even on a short week in a divisional rivalry to see this
44:51number north of 50 at 52 and a hook you heard the stat from mark zinno the highest thursday night
44:57football short week total we have seen in nearly three years the ravens have gone over in eight
45:04of nine games this season the bangles have played to the over a ton as well the first matchup between
45:10the two drs was well over by the time we even got to overtime but it ended at 41 38 i think you and
45:18i said it as we previewed this game to start our two it's probably not a game to say you know what
45:24too many points under under under it might just not be a game to say although i expect offense
45:30i'm going to bet the steep part of the market at the over of 52 and a half exactly look at the
45:36ravens team told you're not getting any but do i think you say donnie the ravens gonna score a lot
45:39of points yes it's like okay can they get it to the high 20s sure they can 30 and a half which
45:44means you're looking at four touchdowns and if you go can they do that against the bangles yes
45:47but if anything goes wrong that puts that a little bit into jeopardy so you do look at the 52 and a
45:52half bend and you say to yourself are we expecting a lot of points in this game but we just keep
45:55breaking it down where defenses can be had two great quarterbacks a lot of weapons on both sides
46:00to get after it more so from the raven side but it's not something i want to bet into and say yes
46:04we're going to get a minimum of 55 because there are other factors playing into whether it's not
46:08one of them in november which i love but it still is a divisional opponent they know each other it's
46:13a short work week here there's a lot on the line and yes this could be an elimination game for
46:18cincinnati so we just going all out without t hagens and saying yo let's throw it 45 times and
46:24against the ravens here with basically one true wide receiver i don't know if you do that tonight
46:28so that's why i'm shying away from the total even though i think it goes over i do think again both
46:33of these teams have the abilities to hit their team totals i'm not betting them i'm just more
46:37on that prop side here i do think we get a good game plan tonight with two good quarterbacks
46:41they'll move the football but as we know but we see it play out a lot stall drives field goals
46:46stall drives field goals turnover in the red zone blows up a total in the 50s for sure and if you
46:51have a few of those one or two early see you later and maybe that's a time live as you're watching
46:57nfl football in-game live game day that you can find those opportunities alongside donny right
47:03side joe lisi and kevin walsh drs if you think there is going to be some points and i do i don't
47:09think this is going to be 17 14 right yeah here's a way i would play it we have talked about both
47:15quarterbacks lamar jackson and joe burrow over one and a half passing touchdowns both have juice on
47:20the over joey b at minus 168 against the worst secondary in football and we know lamar jackson
47:26can add it up as well combining those two for both quarterbacks to throw multiple touchdown passes
47:32tonight plus 158 an angle i would approach and a number i kind of like no make some sense that's
47:38the way you're going to be scoring here the one thing that makes me just a little bit nervous and
47:42it shouldn't because i told you last week my best bet was over one and a half touchdown passes with
47:46basically one wide receiver on cincinnati joe burrow is going to find those guys i'm not even
47:50doubting look it's crazy like i'm not even doubting lamar jackson throws two but i'm just looking for
47:55i don't need chase brown stealing any touchdowns inside the red zone if you're looking at maybe
47:59three total here for those bangles yeah you never know and derrick henry is minus 260
48:06to find that would more than likely be on the ground or the other line now