It's Bengals, it's Steelers, it's Thursday night football.

A must win for the Bengals and the Steelers.

Well, they could deliver a knockout blow in the AFC North.

Let's get into it on a special crossover ahead of Thursday night football.

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Chris, this, to me it doesn't get much bigger on both ends of the spectrum here because

the Bengals are clinging to some hopes that Joe Flacco is going to keep them afloat in the Steelers.

Well, their 41-year-olds's got them more than a float.

Has them in first place.

What's the biggest story right now in your neck of the woods here with Pittsburgh at 4 and 1?

Well, the reason update would be that particularly just for this game,

Deshaun Elliott's safety for the starting strong safety for the Steelers did not travel with the team Wednesday and is

questionable with a with a personal designation telling you there's some personal issue going on.

We know that he did not practice as well.

So there's a questionable tag there.

That's a little bit of a concern because Deshaun Elliott's a big part of the secondary.

He missed their second and third games due to injury. And then when he returned against the Vikings was a huge part of the defense. So you certainly hope everything's okay there and it's nothing serious. But right now, you know, you mentioned it as being a big game for the Bengals. This is also a big game for the Steelers. Even though if they lose this game, they're four and two and they're still

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