AFC North Struggles: Bengals and Browns Disappoint Early

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00:00the AFC North, my favorite division coming into the season.

00:06Is it living up to the hype?

00:07Nope, absolutely not.

00:08Why? The Bengals are 1-4, the Browns are 1-4, the Steelers

00:12opened up 3-0, Dubsy. Two straight losses.

00:15They're 3-2. The Ravens, who lost a game to the Vegas Raiders

00:19here, sit 3-2.

00:20But if we look at the price points here, minus $2.70 for the

00:23Ravens.

00:23I agree with that.

00:24The Steelers plus $4.30.

00:25And also, look at the Browns, plus $3,700 to win the division.

00:31And then the Bengals at plus $7.50.

00:33Let's start at the bottom here.

00:34So disappointing for the Bengals, at 1-4.

00:37But I saw this coming, where this team wasn't focused, heading

00:40into the season. Contracts not being fulfilled, not practicing,

00:45coming back to the team.

00:46The offense hasn't been the issue, Dubs. The defense, under

00:49Luan Aramo, has been an absolute sieve. The Bengals at 1-4.

00:53Can they get up off the mat, or are they just destined to miss

00:56the playoffs now at 1-4?

00:57I think they can get up off the mat, but they're going to need

01:01everything going in their favor to make a bit of a run here out

01:04of the AFC North. For Cleveland, I guess not a lot of shocks

01:08there, that they've just got the one win. What a disaster that

01:10was over the weekend. Sean Watson, whether there were too many

01:13players on the field, he just does not look interested at all.

01:16But I guess in favor for the Bengals, they've got one of the

01:19best quarterbacks in the league in Joey Burrett.

01:21They've got one of the best wide receivers in Jamar Chase. For

01:24Zach Taylor, there's been a lot of pressure and there was a lot

01:27of rust to start the campaign.

01:29I mean, dropping week one to the Patriots, you push up a very

01:33game fight going against the Kansas City Chiefs.

01:35We now know the commanders have been pretty strong.

01:37So take a look at the schedule there for the Bengals.

01:40I think they'd have the best shot of turning things around and

01:42trying to find a bit of momentum going through the next four,

01:44five weeks.

01:45It's the Giants, Browns, Eagles, Raiders on tap before they

01:49would square off with the Ravens again.

01:51So I think they've got a really good chance to chalk up a couple

01:54of big victories starting here in week six going against New

01:57York and they've just got, I guess, that X factor that we keep

02:01on banking on.

02:02You know, as better as we look at the Bengals and say they should

02:05be better than this.

02:06They should be standing a lot further up this board, but they

02:10haven't done it.

02:10So I guess it's the intangible that we're banking on for Cincinnati

02:14to turn things around, but they've only got a couple more chances

02:17if they were to drop this one in week six.

02:19I do not like the number there of trying to turn it around.

02:2237-1 for good reason.

02:24The Ravens, they've only looked better.

02:26They are flying up top of the divvy.

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