The Bengals vs Browns live stream is a division rivalry you won’t want to miss
The Bengals vs Browns live stream isabout to begin, and it’s a showdown between two fierce AFC North rivals in a battle for Ohio. It’s also a duel between two quarterbacks in very different situations, though both have something to prove in this NFL live stream.
Week 1 typically has a handful of great NFL rivalry games — and this week, the Bengals vs Browns live stream may be the best. This AFC North rivalry game is one of two games a year that not only determine the best NFL team in Ohio but also who could win the division title in one of the toughest NFL divisions. It’s not a stretch to say the winner of this game should be considered a Super Bowl contender.
Of course, the Cincinnati Bengals should already be considered a Super Bowl contender. They went to the championship game only two years ago, losing by just a field goal to the Los Angeles Rams. And in last year’s AFC Championship, three points were all that separated them and the eventual Super Bowl champions, the Kansas City Chiefs.
And if expectations for the team that won the AFC North the past two years in a row weren’t already high enough, they just got higher. This week, star quarterback Joe Burrow signed a mammoth 5-year, $275 million contract extension with $219 million guaranteed. That makes him officially the highest-paid player in NFL history.
One of the players Burrow just vaulted? Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson and both the Browns and Watson are coming off a season to forget. Watson had been a Pro Bowl player for the majority of his NFL career but he sat out the entire NFL season in 2021. He then missed further time after the NFL suspended him for the first 11 games of the 2022 NFL season after the NFL determined Watson had committed multiple violations of the NFL’s personal conduct policy. These violations were related to a series of allegations of sexual harassment and assault while quarterback of the Houston Texans.
So when Watson came back to debut for the Browns in Week 13 against his former team, it wasn’t a surprise that he had some rust. That rust never fully went away though, and the Browns went 3-3 with Watson under center and finished last in the AFC North with a 7-10 record.
Will Watson finally shake off that rust against the Bengals this week? Or will Burrow prove that he’s deserving of his massive contract? Betting experts tend to side with Burrow in this matchup, as DraftKings has the Bengals as a narrow 2-point favorite with an over-under of 47 points.
