@dutch-oven said:

Ran into a guy who is a Steelers season ticket holder today and he mentioned that the Steelers have two linebackers and both safeties out for this game too. 

Yes Minkah is a big loss for them.

And they have a second/third string small handed QB playing Sunday too.

@sdbacker80 said:

I Normally say iron sharpens iron.

But these AFC North teams are killing each other and it aint gonna help in January 

Yes ....  adios Cincinnati,  Baltimore a lead for now (barring more injuries)  with the  CLE / PIT  teams fighing it out for the final  1, 2 / 3 remaining spots.

It should be an interesting final finish for the  ● AFCN ●  race in the 2023 season.  And Cleveland  -at- Cincinnati in WEEK 18,  brrrrr.       

●  Get ready for the Elite 8 games of the  (6-3)  +8  Cleveland  BROWNS    awesome   end of this 2023 season.  Should be  "interesting".

WK	DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	TV	TICKETS
11	Sun, Nov 19	vsPittsburgh	1:00 PM 1. in CLE	CBS	Tickets as low as $158
12	Sun, Nov 26	@Denver	4:05 PM  2. in DEN at 4:05	FOX	Tickets as low as $57
13	Sun, Dec 3	@Los Angeles	4:25 PM  3. in LA at 4:25	FOX	Tickets as low as $37
14	Sun, Dec 10	vsJacksonville	1:00 PM  4. in CLE at 1 pm	CBS	Tickets as low as $33  NEXT TBD GAMES !
15	Sun, Dec 17	vsChicago	TBD  in a cold TBD in CLE	<--● TBD !	Tickets as low as $28 <--● also brrrr night in CLE !
16	Sun, Dec 24	@Houston	1:00 PM   ? X-MAS EVE	CBS	Tickets as low as $43  <--● in a warm 1 pm HOU day.
17	Thu, Dec 28	vsNew York	8:15 PM  <--● a cold CLE	PRIME VIDEO	Tickets as low as $47 <--● at 8 pm THU NIGHT ! And on PRIME video.
18	Sun, Jan 7	@Cincinnati	TBD  <--● the FINAL spot ???	<--● TBD !	Tickets as low as $65  <--●  CLE in CIN to wrap up the  ▪︎ AFCN ▪︎

The first Divisional or Wildcard tiebreaker is head to head

Got the Ravens split !

Pitt-tits is a must Win split, in our house Sunday !

lot's of ball left....  #1. Win this Sunday in our house !

(we buried our worse game of ball in there's)

@sdbacker80 said:

I Normally say iron sharpens iron.

But these AFC North teams are killing each other and it aint gonna help in January 

Ran into a guy who is a Steelers season ticket holder today and he mentioned that the Steelers have two linebackers and both safeties out for this game too. 

But these AFC North teams are killing each other and it aint gonna help in January 

@nickers said:

He's made of putty...

In my TE playing days..

I'd have taken any putty holding TE Mark Andrews together for 6 seasons... ?

Lamar losing his security Receiver for the season?  This Division is wide as$ open for grabs..

Go Browns !    

@gumby73 said:

Watched this game with a couple of Houston Texans fans from work..

What we could agree on?

"Glad it wasn't us, getting only 4 days to play a division game"  

He's made of putty...

What we could agree on?

"Glad it wasn't us, getting only 4 days to play a division game"  

@bbedward said:

Just in, tore a ligament in his wrist and will undergo season ending surgery

Welcome to the shitty luck corner Bengals.  ? From Al's NY Post article.. Initially I thought "consider the source".... But if you've ever had a severe ankle sprain (I have)  transpose what the the palm of Joe's hand looks like to your foot...   

@hoorta said:

Remains to be seen how serious Burrow's injury is.... Cincinnati is fortunate they're now on their mini bye, 10 days to get ready for the Steelers.  That's looking like a must win for the Bengals. A loss puts them at 5-6, and 0-4 in the division. They need to go at least 4-3 in their remaining games to have any chance at the playoffs as a wild card. The division crown ship has sailed..    

Just in, tore a ligament in his wrist and will undergo season ending surgery

@bbedward said:

Well Andrews is out potentially for awhile, even worse is the Bengals and Burrow. Ravens are the killer of AFCN QBs apparently 

Remains to be seen how serious Burrow's injury is.... Cincinnati is fortunate they're now on their mini bye, 10 days to get ready for the Steelers.  That's looking like a must win for the Bengals. A loss puts them at 5-6, and 0-4 in the division. They need to go at least 4-3 in their remaining games to have any chance at the playoffs as a wild card. The division crown ship has sailed..    

I beat this drum in another thread, but I'm fired up for the game Sunday. Here's hoping the Browns win & the stadium is rocking.

@bbedward said:

Bengals defense is getting a lot of help from the turf, and not a lot of help from the refs

That never hurts !  Go zebras.

@mjp28 said:

I'm watching the game and waching cinci driving ......

cinci scorrs, burrows in lockeroom.  Uh-oh.

BAL 21   CIN 10  halftime.   I took a little on CIN +3½ before tbe game,  even a bit on the over 46 and. (my sucker bet) + a 2T.   Might watch the 2nd half some.

cinci scorrs, burrows in lockeroom.  Uh-oh.

@korsou-dawg said:

You'd better hope/ pray that Berry manages to magically convince Brady to become a Brown, or pulls another rabbit out of his head. Without a (serviceable) QB, we stand a popsicle's chance in hell to win the division, unfortunately.   

Well, that’s assuming either DTR actually is a serviceable rookie or they do add a serviceable vet*

We beat the 9ers, who will probably in contention for an nfc championship appearance, with absolutely atrocious QB play.

Our schedule is the weakest of our division, and serviceable vets are out there that don’t turn the ball over 3 times a game. Berry probably wants to see his guy prove himself right though.

Poop.

That's right, I said poop. 

@bbedward said:

I still want us to race for the division, bengals over ravens 24-20

You'd better hope/ pray that Berry manages to magically convince Brady to become a Brown, or pulls another rabbit out of his head. Without a (serviceable) QB, we stand a popsicle's chance in hell to win the division, unfortunately.   

@dutch-oven said:

Damn, this was supposed to be the tantalizing appetizer to the amazing entree that was the Browns vs Steelers game.

What a buzzkill today has been. 

Sure has been,  an unreal set of events ..... but you never know now what will happen this week -and-  the rest of the season.  

We will see how good our defence is now.

What a buzzkill today has been.