The AFC North title is on the line tonight as the walk into Paul Brown Stadium for a Monday Night Football matchup with the . All Mike Tomlin’s club needs to do is pull out a win and they’ll clinch the division for Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman Jersey the third time in the last five seasons and first since 2017. Cincinnati currently stands in their way of that hat and t-shirt celebration and will be trotting out yet another new starting quarterback. gets the nod under center after , who was filling in for the injured , was ruled out for this matchup due to a knee injury.In this space, we’ll cover all the betting angles of this divisional matchup on primetime. Along with the spread and total, we’ll take a look at how the lines have shifted throughout the week and highlight a few of our favorite player props. All via William Hill Sportsbook.Date:Monday, Dec. 21|Time:8:15 p.m. ETLocation:Paul Brown Stadium (Cincinnati, Ohio)TV:ESPN |Stream:fuboTV( )Follow: Latest Odds: Pittsburgh Steelers -14.5 The Steelers opened as a 12-point favorite in this matchup and that advantage has only increased as the week went on. The spread went as high as Steelers -14.5, which was likely off the heels of Ryan Finely being announced as the starter for Cincy. Since then, it’s dipped a half-point and currently sits at Steelers -14 on Monday morning. Pittsburgh does come into this game pretty sluggish. After starting the year 11-0, they’ve lost back-to-back games and have failed to cover in three straight coming into Week 15. also doesn’t have a great track record of being a double-digit favorite. Over his career, the Steelers QB is 12-23-1 ATS as a double-digit favorite and that number only gets more concerning for those betting the Steelers when you account for being a double-digit favorite on the road. Under that circumstance, Big Ben is 2-11 ATS in his career. Last year, Ryan Finley started three games for the Bengals and went 0-3 SU and 1-2 ATS.Projected score: Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 14 Latest Ignas Brazdeikis Jersey Odds: Under 40.5 This game total opened at 41.5 and has only dipped as the week progre sed. It has gone down as low as 40 but currently sits at 40-.5 on Monday morning. With a third-string quarterback primed to start for the Bengals, a low projection is expected. That’s also not even accounting for the Steelers historically keeping their road games low-scoring. Over the past five seasons, Pittsburgh road unders have hit 78% of the time. Both teams have gone under in four straight games coming into this matchup with the Steelers averaging 36 total points over their previous four contests while the Bengals are averaging 32 points per game over that same stretch.Projected total: 38O/U 26.5 completionsO/U 39.5 pa s attemptsO/U 279.5 pa sing yardsO/U 2.5 pa sing TDs (Over +135)O/U 0.5 interceptions (Over -110) Cincinnati’s defense isn’t Ben Gedeon Jersey anything to write home about so you could make a case for Big Ben to go over on a number of these props. I am leaning towards the Under, however, on his 2.5 pa sing touchdowns prop. He hasn’t thrown for three-or-more touchdowns since Week 10 when he dropped four scores on this Bengals secondary. This time around, I see Pittsburgh simply going up early and trying to leave this game unscathed, which trends to the veteran quarterback not having that many scoring opportunities to get over this number.O/U 16.5 completionsO/U 32.5 pa s attemptsO/U 190.5 pa sing yardsO/U 0.5 pa sing TDs (Over -180)O/U 1.5 interceptions (Over +140)O/U 9.5 rushing yardsTypically, you wouldn’t have that much intel on a third-string quarterback, but Finley did start three games for the Bengals last season, including a matchup with the Steelers. In that lo s, Finley threw for 192 yards and a touchdown while coughing up a fumble. Even with Cincinnati likely trailing, I don’t expect Zac Taylor to do Finley back more than 30 times in this matchup. In his three starts following Joe Burrow’s season-ending injury, Brandon Allen dropped back to Lamarr Woodley Jersey pa s an average of 28 times per game. With all that in mind, I like the Under on his 32.5 pa s attempts at -125. I’d also put a little something on the Over for his 1.5 interceptions at 1. Jake Long Jersey 5, which is basically just a bet on a Steelers defense that leads the league in picks. Steelers D/ST anytime touchdown (+300). With a defense as opportunistic as Pittsburgh’s and with a thrid-string quarterback under center for Cincinnati, it’d be silly to not sprinkle something on this unit take a turnover to the house. total receptions: Over 2.5 (-140). A younger, inexperienced quarterback tends to lean on his tight end a bit more than the more polished signal-caller, which means Sample could be in for some solid volume. Over his last three games coming into this matchup, the tight end is averaging 4.7 receptions per game. total receptions: Over 5.5 (-105). Smith-Schuster has been one of the more reliable pa s-catchers for Roethlisberger this season and comes into this matchup going over this receptions total in three-straight. He also caught none of his 13 targets against this Cincy secondary back in Week 10.…

This is going to be another wacky offseason of quarterback movement. You can already see it. Change is already in the air. It’s looking increasingly inevitable in more organizations than one would expect, given all the upheaval of the last few Jake Rudock Jersey years.Upwards of half of the league could be in line for a QB switch by 2022. Yeah, crazy but true.There are already a slew of Band-Aid QB moves for 2021 that are proving to be a poor fit. There are a bunch of clubs where the coach and GM are already on the hot seat, which could very well spell change at the quarterback position as well in just a few short months. It isn’t very pretty under center in far too many places, and when you factor in the recent unrest regarding future Hall of Famers like and , too, it’s not difficult at all to imagine a 2022 scenario in which there are teams clamoring for a new signal caller, in a draft year unlikely to be as robust at that position as most recent years.Buckle up. It’s going to be wild. Again.Sure, we are just about a third of the way through the regular season, but follow me here. It’s becoming obvious that a wide swath of teams do not have their QB of 2022 on the roster, let alone a QB of the future. And the competition to get to the top of the draft, or to land someone like Michigan Wolverines College Jersey Wilson or Rodgers or , figures to be quite intense. Here are the teams most likely to be looking to upgrade at the QB spot come 2022: ain’t the answer. The last three games have been brutal and this was never the QB solution owner David Tepper was sold on in the first place. Too many turnovers. Too few big plays. Not enough completions. Without RUN CMC, it is particularly ugly. Tepper has long wanted Watson. At some point he may get him. But after going through and now Darnold, the Panthers are making one splash or another at QB next year. was a high-priced salary dump. He is functional at best, and with this coaching staff on offense (le s than innovative) and with this cast around him, you have no shot to win. He was never gonna be more than a look-see, and he could end up benched sooner rather than later. No one will be hotter to draft a QB than the Lions.Big Ben is done. This year looks just like last year in the pa sing game, he took the pay cut to come back for one more shot But this is it. The next guy isn’t likely on the roster. Rodgers has been making googly eyes at them. Maybe it makes sense. I would say a reboot with a spry young QB makes more sense. But ain’t it. is at the end and injuries are a reality for him. Just a matter of how long it takes for them to set in. Couldn’t make it through Week 1 this year. is a run around guy but not a true starter. He is Lite. They have never had a long-term QB in place since Dan Snyder bought the team. Maybe they never will. But something has Erik Magnuson Jersey to give in 2022.It was always silly to roll more money forward with . They should have drafted his replacement with the fourth pick last year. But Arthur Smith is limited by the immobile QB, who has been on steady decline, and they’d better find the next guy next year, even if he sits for a little bit. Time to turn the page. is gonna get every chance to play a bunch. And he may have a future in the league. But him earning the spot to be the starter in 2022 seems like a stretch. Maybe they get someone like Tua in a trade (more on that in a minute), but Watson won’t be in Houston by Week 1 next Ibi Watson Jersey year, and someone else will be at the helm. Coach Brian Flores and GM Chris Grier might be on borrowed time. It’s pretty ugly in Miami and turmoil is amuck. Pa sing on to take Tua might be a problem, Flores has never embraced Tua outwardly like he should have, and whether he stays or goes, I have a hard time seeing Miami staying status quo in 2022.Ditto for New York. Coach and GM have one foot out the door. Maybe one foot and three toes. Will the next guys think is the answer? He has been better this year despite a weak staff, but there are reasons to believe he was heavily over-drafted. This franchise needs another total restart, and if nothing else there will be some QB competition in town next year. has been dealt a raw hand. Rookie head coach. Total disregard for the run game. But he mi ses a lot of easy pa ses and Philly ain’t the most patient place and who knows how long Nick Sirianni’s run is there. They could end up with three first-round picks in the top half of the first round, and as much as management would love to see Hurts grab the reigns and cement his status, that is far from a sure thing. Seems a little unlikely right now, frankly. does some nice things and New Orleans can finally push the ball downfield again. But is that enough to satisfy Sean Payton? There were some rumblings among GMs that the Saints might be sniffing around on Watson, and given the overall roster strength, adding an elite veteran QB might be the way they go. They won’t sweat parting with a bunch of future picks, and Rodgers, Wilson and Watson De’Veon Smith Jersey all make a lot of sense.If they do bite the bullet and a se s the myriad roster holes and embrace a rebuild of sorts, trading Wilson is the only way to go. He isn’t going to be doing an extension with two years on his deal, and 2022 would be the time to deal him. They might end up getting the next guy in that trade, and GM John Schneider has deep ties to the and Rodgers, FWIW. My gut says Wilson is elsewhere in 2022.I think it’s more likely plays til he is 50 than he retires at 44, but should they win back-to-back Super Bowls you have to at least entertain the question that perhaps he leaves the game. Doubtful, under any circumstances at this point, but, again, the dude is 44.…