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00:00And Baltimore clinched their spot within the AFC postseason and avoided Pittsburgh clinching
00:12this division.
00:13For the Steelers, it is not going to be easy, though they do still actually at the moment
00:19sit atop the division and they are only plus 125 to win it.
00:24So it is not out of bounds that they can still find a way to the top of the North, Donnie.
00:30But I think it is very difficult to not take that result, look at what these two teams
00:35have left and think, yeah, Baltimore is probably going to get it done with Pittsburgh having
00:42to play Kansas City and Cincinnati the rest of the way, although both are at home.
00:45Now you're right.
00:46And certainly from that game yesterday, you take the momentum and say, well, who cares
00:50what happened before with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Rabins.
00:52That game was a very good Rabins look.
00:54And the one thing that I do watch that game and say, it's cold weather, like the conditions
00:58were bad, which is, again, they went over the total when they had two good defenses
01:01going up against each other.
01:02But just remember this blueprint, Baltimore, 23 total attempts for Lamar Jackson, three
01:07touchdowns, one interception.
01:09On the ground, 38 carries as a team, 220 yards, 5.8 yards per carry against one of the better
01:14run defenses in the NFL.
01:16This is what makes it so scary because, Kevin, I know you bring up this point and rightfully
01:20so.
01:21A couple weeks ago, like they're eight and five.
01:22They're nine and five.
01:23Now they're 10 and five starting to look better, but there's still five losses.
01:25They're not unbeatable.
01:26But whenever, Joe, I see this type of game and go, this is the best of the Baltimore
01:31Ravens.
01:32If they use this type of, again, you're not always going to get a buck 62 out of Derrick
01:35Henry, but you're going to get stunted once in a while.
01:37But the game plan is what works for Baltimore.
01:39It was perfect yesterday.
01:41Just don't lose that.
01:42And Derrick Henry, 24 carries, 162 yards.
01:45We've seen Derrick Henry have limited carries sometimes in terms of the Baltimore losses.
01:50When they're eating, it's when Derrick Henry's ripping off 125, 150 yards per game because
01:56that opens up the play action for Lamar.
01:58And then you have everything at your disposal.
02:00Look at Zay Flowers yesterday.
02:02Five receptions, 100 yards, you're able to distribute the football.
02:06The defense has to worry about Lamar in regards to the edge in terms of the RPO game.
02:11So now you're having defenses defend the whole field as opposed to just one section.
02:16And that's what Pittsburgh was able to do in the first matchup, right?
02:20They grinded it out.
02:21It was a lower scoring game.
02:22They got Lamar and put Baltimore into long third downs.
02:25They dialed up blitzes.
02:27They forced throws underneath coverage.
02:29That wasn't the case yesterday.
02:31Baltimore dictated the tempo from the onset.
02:33And I think if they were to play like 10 times, Baltimore would want to play exactly the way
02:39they did last night to pull out that victory.
02:42Now, can they maintain that in a playoff situation?
02:45We'll see because that's still the weakness of Baltimore.
02:48Lamar Jackson, when the game is on the line and he has to throw the football up until
02:52this point, he got to an AFC championship game but couldn't win it.
02:55So I want to take what you guys just said and kind of dive into the way this game actually
03:03played out.
03:04Because the final score is shiny.
03:06It was a touchdown game.
03:08Derrick Henry hit a 44-yard run to put them at the 11-yard line.
03:13You know what they did on the next play, Donnie?
03:15Yes.
03:16They picked off.
03:17Now, what was the saving grace?
03:19Good old Russell Wilson.
03:22Again.
03:23It's coming.
03:26Baltimore keeps telling me it's going to end the way it always does.
03:32With us sitting here going, yeah, I don't know if Lamar can get it done.
03:35Yes.
03:36I don't know if this team can get it done.
03:37I don't know if his core can get it done.
03:39That's what they're telling me.
03:41And until the books give me a number where that is even remotely priced in, I will never
03:48consider betting them.
03:49So that number right now to win the Super Bowl is 7-1.
03:53Would you take 13-14?
03:56So is that what you would need to bet them for a Super Bowl price?
03:59For me, especially due to my investment on Philly and perception on Philly, I'm not betting
04:05anyone to win the Super Bowl unless Wentz takes over for Mahomes.
04:10I would bet Baltimore to win the AFC at like 6-7-1, you know, the type of numbers Minnesota
04:17gets booked at.
04:18You know, Minnesota gets booked for like 10-1.
04:21Minnesota controls their destiny to be the one seed.
04:23Hold on.
04:24Minnesota controls their destiny to be the one seed.
04:27Baltimore is almost a coin flip to win their division.
04:30But the difference is that Baltimore has a two-time MVP and Minnesota has a journeyman
04:35backup that's getting it done.
04:37So that's why the perception from the books is Minnesota's not built for the long haul.
04:41But you just look at the Ravens and know what they can be, but you know betting on them
04:46to win a Super Bowl.
04:47Then they find themselves in Kansas City and Spagnola just goes, I know the exact blueprint
04:51to stop this guy.
04:52And Lamar goes 17-41, three interceptions, they don't run the football, and they lose
04:56by four points.
04:57And we go, why didn't they just run the football?
04:59Because why?
05:00We see it every year in the playoffs.
05:01It's the same rinse and repeat.
05:07It's the same rinse and repeat.