AFC North Betting: Sell Steelers, Trust Joe Burrow?

Pittsburgh, by the way, as we're following the bouncing ball, that's a nice sell, I think, on Pittsburgh right now. Pittsburgh's not good either. But they've now won two games in a row, one in overtime, one against the Saints, who played like crap. So get ready to start fading Pitt. That would be my advice. And they played the Browns this week. So now all of a sudden we've got a divisional matchup between two teams that is – can I make the argument that now's the time to sell on the Browns? that's the problem so we're gonna sell a hard yeah you're right you're right can't do it that's right give me a different game i'll find another game for you at the end of the week can they end in a tie craig is that possible there with the browns and the steelers uh it's kind of laughable and then here you go with the bangles sitting at four and two it no Lamar no Ravens for me i think you and i agree on that until they can figure out if he's healthy or not healthy there's no way you can beat them but if that second half Joe uh Joe Burrow and company if we get that Craig by the way he hasn't been sacked a ton this year at all so they're keeping him upright which is fantastic if they can keep doing that uh the defense i mean listen they were bend don't break in the first half but uh they were downright just you weren't moving the ball at all in the second half Baltimore i don't know i mean are we sleeping on them that team can score 40 points on anybody I think I truly think when healthy and upright uh Joe Burrow is uh is one of the best quarterbacks in the in the league with that version of him yesterday that's what I want to see from the Bengals moving forward right but then you know Cincinnati minus three and a half uh in Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh wins the game outright a couple weeks ago you know so that that's that's sort of issue with Cincinnati is that you want to believe like this is the look honestly on paper Joe you're 100 right this is the best chance the Bengals have had this is it this is the best since Burrow took the team the super bowl in 20 or 21 whatever that was this is it you look at you look at the division you say okay look you they're the best built their guys are healthy the defense is good the offense is good but the second the bengals win a couple in a row and then they become a four point favorite over someone on the road and then they lose and then you're like wait a second here they lost again but to your point it would seem to be the year but until what you said at the beginning is really the point here like and really we should just emphasize it until when Lamar Jackson comes back we can start analyzing this again because until then it's it's really he can be the MVP every year but when he comes back and he plays we'll get a better idea for uh for what this is certainly i i don't expect pittsburgh as good as they are to be there in the end i don't expect cleveland as good as they are to be in the end but the truth is is that cleveland has banked a lot of wins and all they really have to do when you think about it is probably go 500 the rest of the way cleveland makes the playoffs so they're they're right there to do it but here's the problem they got the the young tight end Concepcion they got Boston they have a lot of young guys that are delivering that i didn't see it but they're winning because of defense uh i mean that might be the best defense because no offense to Lamar Jackson. Lamar Jackson doesn't play defense. You know, Hendrickson was in that game. How do you allow Burrow to come out there and light you up for 35 points and a half? Right. How is that? Where is that defense with Baltimore? At least the Browns have a legit defense and they got young weapons. It's defense at some point in that division come december has got to matter right because that's you got to win goal you got to win games when it's minus 13 don't you at some point there Greg, it is, it's true but again not to pour water on it but uh the one the reason yes it's true the reason why they've won is the defense but their kicker their kicker's also but their kicker's been perfect he's kicked every game winning field goal four weeks in a row for three weeks in a row Joe that's a little variance that tends to turn not that he misses one but but odds are end of the game you win every one at the end of the game that tends to turn at some point and you start losing some close games uh even point that i was making on the rams how the rams lost all those close games they're just bound to start winning some even if they're not as good as we thought they were going to be and i think that that will normalize a little bit remember cleveland joe could play another good game next week and lose 19 17 17 so some of that stuff will turn and then the other the other the other part of this too is that in the playoffs uh yes cleveland's defense if they had a first game and their first game was at home uh and and they were playing against i don't know some some team in the west or something not kansas and maybe denver could you see cleveland beating denver of course you could but but then after that you know buffalo's gonna score 40 and that's gonna be it you know like that that but but cleveland to their credit biggest surprise of the year for me, Cleveland, without a doubt.