Look, it wasn’t pretty…in any form or fashion.

The offense could never get it going against a very good giants defense.

The offensive line looked like it turned back the clock to 2022, allowing joe burrow to be sacked five times.

In fact, on one hot, Burrow had to go to the medival tent to be evaluated for a concussion….thankfully he was okay and returned to finish the game.

But at the end of the day, the bengals get a season-saving 17-7 win.

The defense, much maligned allseason, finally had it’s full cimpliment of healthy players along the dsefensive front, and they played like it…..

The defense, like during the run of afc championship games, won this game for the bengals.

Yes, you can say big deal, the giants offense stinks and they had two of their best players out….and you’d be right about that.

BUT , the defense got it done when the big moments called for it to show up.

The Bengals are now 2-4 with a trip to cleveland coming up next.

Do you feel any better about the team?

Around the nfc north, 

The Browns are simply awful…i mean awful.

Cleveland gets 240 yards of offense in a 20-16 loss at philly.

The ravens knock off the commanders…that team is going to runaway and hide in this division.

I know, i know, the steelers are 4-2 and Justin Fields just keeps on rollin.

He only threw for 150 yards but he ran it for 60 and two touchdowns…didn’t turn it over as the men of aluminum beat the raiders 32-13.

How do you think Jerry Jones is feeling this morning? 

His cowboys get annihilated by detroit 47-9.

Bad news for the lions though, as they lose star defensive end aiden hutchinson for the season with a broken leg.

College football…..UC gets another win, 19-13 at ucf…… they are 4-2 and get arizona state this week at nippert for homecoming.

ASU beat number 16 Utah friday night som that’s no layup.

Ohio State lost at oregon and shouldve won by ten or more.

They turn it over twice, leading to ten oregon points off those turnovers.

The defense was brutal.

The Buckeyes onlly drop to number 5 in the polls but their margin of error gets slimmer with the loss.

They still have to play at unbeaten penn state, against unbeaten indiana, and close the year against michigan.

In baseball, the dodgers clobber the mets i game one of the nlcs 9-0.

Game two this afternoon at 4.

The american league championship series begins tonight in the bronx as the yankees host the guardians.

That one starts at 7:38!