 This week, the Ravens take on a familiar foe in the Cincinnati Bengals and what'll be their third matchup out of three straight AFC North games. They lost to the Browns, they beat the Steelers, but now comes a different test from a different just breed of an opponent. Because the Bengals, they always give the Ravens the most trouble. So it's not gonna be easy. But let's talk about how we think this stressful, stressful, stressful game is gonna go. The YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on is engraving here with another video. And in this video, we have talked about the game that we got coming up this Sunday between the Ravens and the Bengals. And it is a game that, honestly, just to talk about it from jump, I'm not really excited for. I'm not really excited for because these Bengals, they they always seem to give us fits. And I know they're not going to have AJ Green. I know they're not going to have John Ross, but still they are still the Cincinnati Bengals. And they are a team that we've been dealing with for forever now. And for a super long time, these guys have just been absolutely just. Every year, every year, like even like last year, last year in the first game like we had, we were coming off a big win against the Buffalo Bills. Beat them like 49 or like three or 10 or whatever. Forgot what the score was. Blow them out. Then we go Thursday night football, Cincinnati. And yeah, we remember how that went. And then last year, and that was when Flacco was starting. And then the following game, we played the Bengals. Lamar was starting and we squeak by him barely, barely. And the thing about it is that this this is a completely different team from last year, and that's both a good thing in some ways. But in a lot of ways, it's a bad thing. But anyway, in this game, in this game of the Bengals, they are coming in defeated. They have not won yet. Let's look at their schedule. They lost to the 49ers, 41 and 17. They lost to the Bills, 17 or 21 and 17. So they only lost by four. They only lost that game by four. So it's close. Then against the Steelers, I mean, Steelers been owning the Bengals for literally forever now. So that's that's nothing new. And that's not a shot at the Bengals. Anything is just the truth. Like Bengals fans will tell you that, too. Like Steelers got our number. They got our number. Like they'll tell you the same thing. Then in the Cardinals game, they lost by three. So it's like every other game. Well, this actually will go in our favor. But every other game, they are a whole lot. Oh, I missed. I missed that first game against the Seahawks. Wow. I completely missed that. So let's run that back. So the first game against the Seahawks, they only lost by one. So they brought it. First game of the season, they brought it. They lost by one point. Then they got blown out to the 49ers. Then they only lost to the Beals by four. Then they got blown out to the Steelers. Then they only lost to the Cardinals by three. So this will go in our favor by the way that their games are going. It's like they put their all into the games and they just bring out the best of their team and they fight, fight, fight all the way down to the very end. And then they lose and then the following week. Oh, they just they can't pull it together. Then they go through that same process every week. So they've been through that same process every week. Again, Seahawks by one next week against the 49ers blowout. Bangles by four next week against the Steelers blowout. Cardinals by three next week against the Ravens. I think Ravens actually in that streak of blowing them out. Now, I do and I talked about this in the stream last night. I do expect the Ravens to win, but I'm not like super confident in them right now. The way that they played last week was not a confidence boost. And I know some things didn't go their way. That should have gone their way. Like the referees with that, the two interceptions. One of them with the pass interference and the other one, which wasn't even an interception. So that that stuff shouldn't have happened. And those are game changes. And there were there was some other stuff too, but I was even though I didn't feel like we won and it was a very unsatisfying win. I am proud that they they were still able to overcome all of it. They were they were still able to overcome all of that. So that that is something to a positive to take away from the game last week. But still at the same time they did they played bad football and they've been playing a lot of bad football in several different areas of throughout this season. And it's it's very it worries me. It's very concerning and it should be concerning. Like again that they are some fans that oh well they won. That's all that matters. That's not all that matters. That's obviously the ultimate goal to win. And again, like always say, I'll take an ugly win over a pretty lost any day and that still stands. I still believe that I still go by that. But just because a win is ugly, but still a win, it doesn't mean that you're not allowed to be concerned about this team. And I think every Ravens fan should be concerned about this team moving forward. And they should have already been concerned about this team. But Bingles, they coming in here looking to get their first win of the season. And Andy Dalton is not scared of Baltimore and that Baltimore defense doesn't give him any reason to be scared because they provide absolutely no pass rush. They have not been getting consistent pressure on the quarterbacks and we've been talking about this thing. We talk about it every single week, but we've been talking about it even before the season started. It was a problem back then. Well, we saw it as a problem back then. We definitely saw it as a potential problem back then. And before season, even starting off season, we've been talking about pass rush, pass rush, pass rush. And it's still a problem. Still a problem. I do expect Ravens to make some sort of move. I know a lot of people thinking of Valomila and people wanting Yannick and Gagway. I still want to Yannick and Gagway, but I don't see it happening. But I think the Ravens could make one of those Ravens moves, those little low-key moves for a pass rusher and a guy that nobody's really talking about like that. I don't think they make the blockbuster move that everybody wants them to. I think they get one of the low-key guys. But anyway, Andy Dallin, Joe Mixon, oh boy, that run defense, setting the edge and all that. They're going to have to play a little better than they played last week. The outside runs is what's been hurting the Ravens this season. Those runs to the outside. And Mixon, he can take it up the middle, but he can take it to the outside, too. And with the Bengals, they run a lot of those sort of jet sweep plays. And they're going to have Joe Mixon involved pretty, man, and the short passer game, the screen game that has been hurting the Ravens big time, too. And if they're going to win this game, man, they got to take care of those, man. So you got to take care of them screen passes. You got to take care of them. Now, with the Ravens on offense, what I really want them to do, just play that game, run that ball. I was reading something yesterday, I think. And I forgot the exact number. I don't remember if it was 29 or 31, but it said the Bengals, ugh. This is just stressful to think about because we know the Ravens. We know the Ravens, and a lot of times they tend to do the opposite of what they should be doing. It's like, it's clear what you should be doing, but they go against it. The Bengals have either the 29th ranked run defense or the 31st ranked run defense. It's somewhere around them. I forgot what the exact number was, and I know y'all can correct me in the comments section. So Ravens need to run the ball. Ravens need to run the ball. Did y'all see the hat that Jacoby Brissette had on the other night, they were showing it on, what was it, Sunday night football? Ravens need their version of that hat, but the team keep a clean version. Because on the hat, it said, run the ball. He wore a hat that said, run the ball. I'm getting ready to order 53 of those. Well, really, I don't even need to order 53 of those hats and send them to the Ravens. I need to order two of them. One for Harvey and one for Jiro. So they can get the message to run the ball. Run the ball. Ravens, they typically, they tend to go out of their element and go away from their game. And again, like I always say, you cannot play every single team the same exact way. You can't. And you, everything, everything is not going to work every single game. Every part of your game is not going to work every single game. It's not. But that's why you have to have a plan B and a plan C. And don't be afraid to even go back to plan A. If plan A isn't working, you can go away from it for a little bit, but revisit it. Be creative with it. Not pretty, but be creative with it. They, again, they need to get, they need to get other receivers involved. Hollywood is clearly still dealing with an injury. It's still, it's clearly still bothering him. Mark Andrews is clearly still bothering him. It's crazy that our top receivers, our top pass catchers are both dealing with nagging injuries. So other people by force, they got to step up. They have got to step up because the Mark Andrews show and the Marquis Brown show, not saying it's going to get canceled, but it goes to commercial break a lot. And other shows got to take that ad time and step up, step up and step in. And these, like these do, like you can't just, they can't be it. You got another guy who's a first round draft pick last year, your first, first round draft pick, using, using. And again, I said this a few, in a few videos before I will not be mad. And of course he is, he's nice even with his foot injury, but I wouldn't be mad if the Ravens decided to sit Mark Andrews for a week so he can really recover. And again, I don't know the details of his foot injury. I don't know exactly what's going on with it, but if they were to sit him for a week, I think that could go a long way. And even, even with Hollywood too, I wouldn't want that to happen because those are only past catches. But it would, it would really force Lamar Jackson to throw it to some other, well yeah, he would have no choice if they both sat. But it would really force the, the, Lamar Jackson to throw it to some other guys and really force those guys to step up. And they would really force Greg Roman to get other guys involved because the only guys that have been involved, they'll be out of it. Now I know a big question that goes around is, man, the Ravens, their, their receivers are not creating separation. And not creating separation. You got to scheme up some stuff, man. Scheme up some, if they got trouble creating separation, get them involved in other ways. Do slants. You get those screens. You do something, man. And again, with Miles Boykin, 6465, get them in some one-on-one situations and put it up there for them. Lamar can put it on the money for them. I mean, look at the passing Nick Boyle last week. And it's like with Lamar, the, the, the strange thing, or not even strange, it's actually a really good thing is that with Hollywood being the smaller wide receiver, shorter wide receiver, like, what is he, like, five, six? With him being that small, Lamar, he'd be putting it on the money for him. He'd be putting it on the money for him. Well, besides in the, in the Chiefs game, because Lamar, they were selling. But for the most part, he puts it on the money for him. So it wouldn't be a problem if, if he had any, any taller receiver to throw to. That being the Miles Boykin, because even for like a Nick Boyle, he's much bigger than Hollywood, he put it on the money for him. Lamar's actually been, he's been throwing pretty good for the most part this season. Um, so again, like I said, we've seen a lot less of those ducks. We've seen them throw short sometimes, but compared to last year, it's been a, it's been a crazy big jump, crazy big jump. Um, but they got to get other, other people have to be involved in this game, man. They got to be, because Bengals, they super talented team every time, every time. They just need the right coaching. But what better way for a new coach, Zach Taylor, to get his first win against division opponents, especially the Ravens. Somebody who the Bengals give fits to every single time. But we, we keep talking about the same thing every week, man, about other guys needing to get involved. It's on the receiver to create separation. It's on Lamar to look their way. It's on Greg Roman to get them other guys involved too, man. It's on everybody. It's on everybody from the top to the bottom. Mark Ingram, Gus Edwards, Justice Hill, run that ball. Run it. Run it. Now, one thing that we're going to be going into this game with is something that's new for the Ravens, well, this year. And that's the secondary, the safety position. Since Tony Clark is out. I mean, I said Tony Clark. Tony Jefferson is out with the ACL and more injured. So now Chuck Clark is his time and they haven't officially named him or started anything yet, but I expected to be him. Because of the experience. And again, I talked about this last night in the stream. I know a lot of people like, Oh, we don't want Chuck Clark to start. It should be the Joker. And that's fine. But we got to let's be fair about Chuck Clark. We, we, I don't feel like we've seen him too much to really judge him. We saw him in a couple of games last year. So we got a small sample size, but now we're getting ready to get a real size of what he can do as a starter. Well, that assuming that he starts. That's what I think is this leading to, but assuming that he starts. It's not set in stone. So we'll see. But I think they will go with him because they, they love their veterans, which I can understand a lot more this season than I did before. Just seeing how the team has been operating. And again, I would, I didn't want a youth movement. And with the youth movement, it's bittersweet because yes, young guys, they get the experience, but with the young guys, they, they got to go through the struggles. They got to go through the growing pains. They got to go through the learning curves. They got to go through that stuff. So it's going to happen. Chuck Clark, if he's out there this Sunday as a starter, every play might not be pretty. We hope that it is, but everyone might not be pretty. Even to Sean Elliott. He's going to be out there a lot more now. Last week, three snaps, three snaps. And Tony Jefferson, when did he go out? Was it the third quarter? Either way, Tony Jefferson was out for a while. And still at the end of the game, Sean Elliott, three snaps. Expect that to go way up, like way up. Um, but yeah, man. So the defense, they, they're going to have to communicate good. I know peanut, I believe is getting the green dot now. Um, so he's going to be calling the place, uh, and that's, it's a little scary. Um, it is a little scary, uh, because yeah, it is a little scary. So we just got a hold for the best. Josh Byans, um, he, especially for a guy that only had, I think what they say, three practices. He played pretty good. He played pretty good. And I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up getting that green dot, so wouldn't be surprised. I really wouldn't. So we just got to watch it and see how it goes. Justin Tucker, continue to do your thing. Of course, Sam Cook, Morgan Cox, the wolf pack. Y'all, man, these dudes, they just, they all deserve raises. I know Justin Tucker just got his, he deserves another one. He deserves another contract extension bonus, signing bonus, all that stuff. He deserves it all. Sam Cook as well, Morgan Cox as well. Because again, like we talked about with special teams, it's, it's, it takes all three. Now, as part of special teams that hasn't been so special has been the return game, both kick and punt. Cyrus Jones, they said he been dealing with an injury. Uh, Chris Moore and Justice Hill, they haven't broken anything. Now, last week, um, they, they did get a few more yards because it looked like they did not necessarily some trickeration. Um, but they had both Justice Hill and Chris Moore. They were both looking like they were about to catch it. And then I think Justice Hill caught it and he, he broken a little nice one. But we haven't consistently been getting anything in a return game. Return game has not been anything special at all. Um, but on the other, on the other hand of that, on the other side of that, uh, the opponents return game hasn't been anything special. So when Sam Cook punts the ball, Justin Tucker kicks it off. Um, we are, we're doing pretty well there. So that's a good thing. That's a really good thing. And Ravens usually do do pretty well there. Um, so that, that, that was great. So I am, uh, looking forward to that continuing. So again, I think, uh, Ravens win this one by like, hmm, but maybe like five at the most. I think this game is going to be extremely close. I think this game is going to be extremely stressful. I think this game is going to be extremely annoying. Now I hope that I am extremely wrong and it goes the exact opposite and Ravens actually get a blowout win because they, they could use it. They, they, Ravens could really use a convincing win, not for the media, not for the reporters, not for the analysts. They don't need a convincing win for them. They need a convincing win for themselves. They need a convincing win for themselves just to boost that morale and I know morale is fine, but to boost it even more, especially since you had it in the Seattle next week. You don't want to be going into Seattle next week. Uh, you already know that they the underdogs, super underdogs, regardless if they beat the Bengals or not, but they already the underdogs and you don't want to go into Seattle next week coming off of a loss. You don't want that. You want to stack these wins and I don't care if the team is decimated or not. Don't care. Like always say Ravens or really any NFL team, they can only play the people in front of them. That's it. They don't choose their schedule. Well, Patriots, they, maybe they choose this because they, they play, they play the Steelers. Whitman, Whitman, Rockersburger. After that, well, they had the Dolphins, the Redskins, the Jets, without, uh, Donald and they had the Bills and the Bills were in it and then they lost, they lost Josh Allen. So anyway, um, yeah, but back to what I was saying, these teams don't pick their schedules. So whatever happens to the next team, it happens. You know, all Ravens got to do and any other, any other team got to do still take care of business. Just because a team is missing players doesn't mean you, you, you don't got to take care of business. Doesn't mean to take it. No, doesn't mean that at all. They still got to take care of business. So again, like I said, I expect Ravens to win this one. Um, I do not have all the confidence in the world in them. Like I expressed earlier, I really don't. I honestly would not be surprised if they lost. I would not be surprised if they lost. I really don't know what to expect in this game, but stress. That's it. I don't know what to expect in this game, but stress. So anyway, like I said, going with the Ravens by five at the most, um, hopefully they prove me wrong and they can blow the bingles out. Like, cause you would think an AJ Greenless bingles and a John Ross's bingles, not that John Ross was all that, but even making some plays this year. But more so the AJ Green part still got Tyler Boyd, which he is a Ravens killer. Um, then they got Joe Mixon and then they got Tyler Eifford. Um, and they got Andy Dahl, who again, it could pass rush, pass rush. You got to get, you got to get there. You got to get there. You got to get there. So I've talked enough about this game. Now we just got to wait to see how it goes. I am worried though. I am very worried. So that's that team keeping clean. Appreciate y'all. I love y'all and let's hope the Ravens really get a win for us on Sunday. Everybody that's going to the game. I know new bows going now. Sonny for SCG sports Fred from Berlin BS. He always goes. So, um, without all the odd team keep my guy Jordan, baby, he's going. Um, who else is going? Yeah, I know it's quite a few of y'all going to this game. And I know two tickets are super cheap too. Which is a good thing. It's like a good and a bad thing. But if they super cheap, then that means it's not a, it's not a game that a lot of people are too interested in. Um, and it also is a reflection of how the team has been doing. Uh, and Raven Ravens waives some fees too. Waves some fees. But anyway, y'all be loud. Have fun and try to help the Ravens today. So just like I hope the bingles are in this game by the second quarter. I'm out.