Bengals vs. Ravens Odds Shift With Lamar Jackson Out

Bengals and Ravens this week, the biggest line movement of the week, it was Ravens minus two most of the week, then it flipped to about even, then it went to Bengals minus one, and that was the indication Friday that there's no chance the Ravens are a dog at all on a Friday if Lamar Jackson's going to play, and indeed he is out. So it would appear that Lamar's either hurt more than has been indicated or going into the final year of his contract, Lamar Jackson's just like, I'm not going back on the field until I'm healthy. Can't blame him. Doesn't have a new contract, that's the deal. so Cincinnati is two and a half point favorites it's up to three in some spots I have a feeling by kickoff going to be a little higher you know the Ravens when all things are right they're one of the best teams in the NFL but Joe doesn't like me ripping Tyler Huntley but you know just the reality of the situation I mean Joe it's just the reality of the situation is look I suppose if Josh Allen was out and whoever their backup is in Buffalo you guys would have to tell me I don't even know but whoever his backup is okay kyle allen right so so going from josh allen to kyle allen is significant but this is right up there joe like for me like i like i think that philly's backup could hang and brissette is a backup but he's hanging and keenum can hang i i can't take baltimore today i know what the line is and i know these division games are always tight i can't do it it's either bengals or nothing for me today i just think it's amusing that you keep piling on to tyler huntley and we all know it's already bad it's the meme of you know the simpsons bully saying stop stop he's already dead and craig mitchell's continually is just just pounding away on of your few it's it's like christmas story where ralphie's just on the bully and the mom's got to pull him off and i'm gonna have to be the mom in this case and pull you off of the redheaded kid who's bullied you and it's okay Craig, it's okay come on we'll go home we'll have some more milk and you'll be fine let's talk about this game here because you're right the division games are always strange and unusual and we've seen that time and time again and i'm sure both these teams are up and ready for this game you've also got some questions on the Bengals side too Chase Brown has not been great this year he was a slow start last year too it really wasn't the last eight weeks of the season where Chase Brown really turned things on can he do it again or are we back to the Joe Burrow show that's gonna be a fascinating headline in this game to watch and narrative as you continue to see what Chase Brown is in 2026 because so far it's been underwhelming as you're right you despite the fact we have Zay Flowers healthy and Jacoby Lane healthy and Derrick Henry healthy you have a deficit at the quarterback position can the Ravens find a way to continue to put up points in this game i think they can and i still as this continues to get bet down i become more and more interesting where it lands because if it starts to land at 44 and a half or somewhere like that i think i would still take the over because i think the Bengals on their own are good for a good chunk of points in there you could see them even get to a 30 potentially in this game so can the Ravens at least hang and match something in terms of offense I think they can and I don't think there's gonna be any quit in this game here they know the magnitude of this game and you can't lose back-to-back division games here especially you're at home in this one against the Bengals so I still like the over and I would wait as long as I can whatever lowest number I can before I jump on yeah by the way most of the sort of like insiders and like hot But in discussions surrounding Jonathan Taylor has him landing in Cincinnati. That's the one spot that does seem to make the most sense. If the Bengals keep winning and then you add him to that offense, all of a sudden it's a superstar type offense.