Steelers vs. Ravens Game Analysis: Playoff Prospects

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00:00Okay, so the second game on the board here is the one that, you know, I think earlier in the season,

00:07it would not surprise anyone to say that there's going to be a third game between the Steelers

00:12and the Ravens played. But historically speaking, when these two teams play, it's always been plus

00:19minus three points, two and a half. You take the dog, it comes down to the end, you know,

00:26Tucker kicks a field goal or misses a field goal and, you know, whoever has the ball last wins.

00:33The point spread is pushing 10 in this game between these two teams. And the comparison

00:40that I made to the Steelers, George, is another team from Pennsylvania a year ago,

00:45which was the hottest team in the NFL to start the season last year were the Philadelphia Eagles.

00:49You could make the case that the Steelers, in a different way, were winning a lot of games.

00:53They looked like they were not just playoff bound, but division bound. They are the team

00:57that's struggling more than any other team going into the playoffs. So that is the question. Is

01:03this a matter of, like the Eagles a year ago, the Steelers are the cold team heading to the playoffs?

01:10I mean, I've heard some people say this is crazy. The Ravens win like 41 to three,

01:15like they kill them on Sunday. I just, it's hard for me to fathom this with this series.

01:21As you said, the numbers tell you over and over again, this will be a close game. Although the

01:25last time they did play, which was a couple of weeks ago, it was a, I think Baltimore won by

01:30two touchdowns. Baltimore wins the game. All right. That I'm sure about. So as I talked a bit earlier,

01:36I certainly want to include them in a teaser here. Same thing with take Buffalo. I just can't find

01:41that third team or a total I like here, or I should say love here, but they win the game.

01:46The question is, will they cover of a nine and a half? I sort of leave as even though the numbers

01:51tell us they won't, I sort of lean to, yeah, I think, I think the seed could get out of hand.

01:56I do think the Pittsburgh office looks bad. It just looks bad. There's not much going on. What

02:00are we hanging our hat on? You're right. George Pickens looks awful here. The running game is so,

02:04so at best here. Friday move looks good. All right. I might like his all totals over 50 yards,

02:09by the way. So I don't buy like Friday with him, but that's it. That's all I like here.

02:14So once again, and I have a little flip-flop during the week on this as well.

02:18As of this morning, I'm sort of on Baltimore, sort of a blowout Baltimore. I think the only

02:22way Pittsburgh covers is a late garbage time touchdown, which of course could happen.