Oct 19, 2026 · 38 min · 14 segments
CINCINNATI -- While the Bengals rested Sunday, the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers earned key wins to vault past them in the AFC North and gain some momentum. The team the Browns beat, the…
Richard SkinnerGuest
Mike PetragliaHost
They are both 4-2, but the Browns, of course, by virtue of the win over the Baltimore Ravens, are now in first place in the AFC North.
The latest they have been in first place in a season since 2014, hard to believe.
And then Just moments ago, we watched a 1 o'clock window game take about 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete, but it was a thriller in overtime.
The Pittsburgh Steelers come from 16-3 down to start the fourth quarter, and they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 26-19.
He did in the fourth quarter, but up until then, they didn't do a thing on offense.
They're without Roman Wilson, one of their starting wide receivers, and Jeremy Bernard had a really nice couple big plays for them.
But watching those two games today, it just looked like they all have flaws.
I know the flaw right now for Baltimore is they don't have Lamar Jackson, but at the same time, That running game should get cranked up a little bit more.
I think that defense is good, but every time I'm looking up, it feels like Deshaun Watson's running for his life, and yet here you are as the Bengals on the bye week in last place, a half game behind those three teams.
Yeah, and saying you're in last place but having a winning record, I don't think the Bengals feel terrible about that because where you are in the division on week number five or week number six on your bye, it has no rhyme or reason on what you're going to be in four to eight weeks from now when you're really talking seriously about your playoff possibilities.
Certainly, if you were... let's say 1-4, even 2-3, of course, if you were winless, that's a different story.
But at this point in time, like we said last week during the podcast, they got the job done in Miami.
They did what they absolutely needed to do, and that is go into the bye week with a victory.
They have a winning record at 3-2, and now they have a golden opportunity heading into Baltimore.
But going back to that Pittsburgh game, I know – Aaron Rodgers didn't do much for the first three quarters.
As a matter of fact, as we just said, the Steelers only had three points through the first three periods of that game.
They are both 4-2, but the Browns, of course, by virtue of the win over the Baltimore Ravens, are now in first place in the AFC North.
The latest they have been in first place in a season since 2014, hard to believe.
And then Just moments ago, we watched a 1 o'clock window game take about 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete, but it was a thriller in overtime.
The Pittsburgh Steelers come from 16-3 down to start the fourth quarter, and they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 26-19.
He did in the fourth quarter, but up until then, they didn't do a thing on offense.
They're without Roman Wilson, one of their starting wide receivers, and Jeremy Bernard had a really nice couple big plays for them.
But watching those two games today, it just looked like they all have flaws.
I know the flaw right now for Baltimore is they don't have Lamar Jackson, but at the same time, That running game should get cranked up a little bit more.
I think that defense is good, but every time I'm looking up, it feels like Deshaun Watson's running for his life, and yet here you are as the Bengals on the bye week in last place, a half game behind those three teams.
Yeah, and saying you're in last place but having a winning record, I don't think the Bengals feel terrible about that because where you are in the division on week number five or week number six on your bye, it has no rhyme or reason on what you're going to be in four to eight weeks from now when you're really talking seriously about your playoff possibilities.
Certainly, if you were... let's say 1-4, even 2-3, of course, if you were winless, that's a different story.
But at this point in time, like we said last week during the podcast, they got the job done in Miami.
They did what they absolutely needed to do, and that is go into the bye week with a victory.
They have a winning record at 3-2, and now they have a golden opportunity heading into Baltimore.
But going back to that Pittsburgh game, I know – Aaron Rodgers didn't do much for the first three quarters.
As a matter of fact, as we just said, the Steelers only had three points through the first three periods of that game.
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