Bengals Vs. Ravens: Baltimore Survives Battle For AFC North

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It’s not just being stuck under a bunch of large football player. Strange things happen at the bottom of the pile.

Here’s the animated GIF:

Rice made one hard cut up the field and ran through a gaping hole, barely touched. A little juking down the field and Rice was in for the score. Here’s the video of the touchdown:

The Bengals tackling technique (GRAB THE HAIR!) was ineffective against Rice, who does not have dreadlocks. If you don’t get that joke, you should really click that last link.

Warning: the following GIF will hurt your scalp.

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Here’s video of the touchdown:

This is a big game in the AFC North and the first meeting between the teams this season. Both teams are 6-3, but Baltimore is a perfect 2-0 in the division. Each of these two teams is chasing the division leader, Pittsburgh.

Of course, the Ravens rank third allowing just 285 per outing, and they still carry Super Bowl ambitions despite their occasional lapse in focus. Both teams have reason to dream big. After Sunday, someone’s dreams will be a little close to reality.

Game Date/Time: Sunday, November 20; 1:00pm ET

It’s a testament to just how far the Bengals have come that so many are projecting a narrow loss, including Pete Prisco from CBS.

Peter King follows suit in his weekly picks. The CBS panel goes unanimously for the Ravens, and ESPN’s panel has one outlier for the Bengals.

The Ravens opened the week as nine-point favorites over the Bengals, but considering the Bengals have won four of their last five games, the line has dropped to seven points on some sites according to Odds Maker. A line drop of two points in the middle of the week is surely going to make everyone happy that they bet on the Bengals when they were getting nine points against Baltimore.

The over-under on the AFC North battle opened at an even 41 points, but has dropped one-half point on most sites since the lines were posted earlier in the week. Either way, it’s difficult to assume what’s going to happen in this match-up of two uneven teams.