Ravens vs. Bengals: Will Cincinnati Stop Lamar Jackson?

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00:00All right, so now another division game coming up this weekend is the Ravens and Bengals.

00:07The Ravens playing great football, Cincinnati to date, you know, Mike, they haven't stopped

00:12anyone.

00:13I think that's why normally this total, you'd see low forties, it's all the way up to 48

00:16and a half as the Bengals couldn't even stop Carolina last week.

00:19Will they be able to slow down Derrick Henry and the Ravens at all in this game?

00:23They're two and a half point favorites.

00:25I think the more germane question, honestly, Craig, is can they slow down Lamar Jackson

00:29because they never have.

00:32In Lamar's time there in Baltimore, playing against the Ravens, excuse me, playing against

00:38the Bengals a couple of times a year.

00:39Now he's missed games and Cincinnati has generally taken advantage of when he's been absent.

00:46They've beaten a lot of backup quarterbacks wearing Ravens gear.

00:50But when Lamar's been in the game, Ravens are eight and two and they put up some massive

00:54scoring numbers, 49 points, 38 points.

00:58It does not bode well for the Bengals at all in this game with how wrecked up their

01:03defense has been generally, how injuries have impacted that as well.

01:09It's a really concerning look for the Bengals this weekend.

01:13Now, the line is not big, so it's sort of like a reminder.

01:18Never think that something is a sure thing in the NFL, like the Steelers go into the

01:23Colts with the defense was statistically poor and then all of a sudden they can't score

01:28in the first half.

01:30Things change in the NFL very quickly, but my goodness, the Bengals have got to get going.

01:36This is a challenge that they've frankly rarely met in the past.

01:40Eighty percent of the time when they've played Lamar, they've lost.

01:44This is going to be a real hard one for them.