Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens: Critical Matchup

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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.

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