With Ohio State, Ohio, Akron, Toledo, Kent State, Bowling Green and Miami of Ohio idle because of the coronavirus pandemic, that leaves football fans in the Buckeye State with Thursday night’s Bengals-Browns game.

Sorry, folks — Pro Picks probably will be watching Islanders-Lightning instead.

At least this matchup is in Week 2, before Cincinnati and Cleveland are deeply dredging the bottom of the standings. Actually, the Bengals with top overall draft pick Joe Burrow at quarterback, were the better team in their opener before falling to the Chargers. Let’s forget about the Browns in their debut at Baltimore.

That’s almost what they have done.

Cincinnati, ranked 28th in the AP Pro32, is a 5 1/2-point underdog at No. 31 Cleveland. We’ll go with the Buckeyes, uh, the …

BROWNS, 24-17

After riding the Bills in an easy win against the Jets, Pro Picks looks to remain in the knockout pool by taking GREEN BAY.

No. 19 (tie) Washington (plus 6 1-2) at No. 10 Arizona

Washington heads west after an inspirational comeback victory. It will head home with its first loss.

BEST BET, CARDINALS 26-15

No. 16 Minnesota (plus 3)

at No. 25 Indianapolis

We don’t believe the Vikings are as mediocre as they looked against Green Bay.

UPSET SPECIAL, VIKINGS, 21-19

No. 3 New Orleans (minus 6) at No. 15 Las Vegas, Monday night

Imagine the scene for the Raiders’ first home game in the desert? Well, imagining is all we can do.

SAINTS, 28-27

No. 8 New England (plus 4 1-2)

at No. 4 Seattle

Many pundits loved what they saw from both teams last Sunday. More to love:

SEAHAWKS, 23-20

No. 1 Kansas City (minus 8 1-2) at No. 18 Los Angeles Chargers

A lot of points to give on the road. But the Chiefs score A LOT of points anywhere.

CHIEFS, 36-20

No. 22 Jacksonville (plus 10)

at No. 11 Tennessee

This is as high as the Jaguars are likely to get in the AP Pro32. Reality hits in Music City.

TITANS, 20-13

No. 2 Baltimore (minus 6 1-2) at No. 19 (tie) Houston

Lamar Jackson and Deshaun Watson. Excitement by the bushel.

RAVENS, 30-20

No. 24 Denver (plus 6) at No. 6 Pittsburgh

Two bruised clubs coming off Monday nighters.

STEELERS, 20-10

No. 9 Los Angeles Rams (pick-em) at No. 21 Philadelphia

Speaking of battered teams, the beleaguered Eagles again can’t avoid the injured list.

RAMS, 23-19

No. 27 Carolina (plus 8)

at No. 14 Tampa Bay

My goodness, how the opening loss soured the Gulf waters in Tampa-St. Pete.

BUCCANEERS, 26-17

No. 23 Atlanta (plus 5)

at No. 13 Dallas

These Cowboys looked very similar to the 2019 version at LA. That’s not a good thing.

COWBOYS, 31-21

No. 12 San Francisco (minus 7)

at No. 32 New York Jets

Yes, the Jets looked that bad at Buffalo, They should be glad the Meadowlands will be empty.

49ERS, 27-9

No. 7 Buffalo (minus 5 1-2)

at No. 29 Miami

The Bills get another opponent they should run over. A funny feeling says not quite.

BILLS, 23-21

No. 26 Detroit (plus 5 1-2)

at No. 5 Green Bay

No Lambeau Leaps for the Pack, although it really doesn’t matter with no fans in the stands.

PACKERS, 30-19

No. 30 New York Giants (plus 6)

at No. 17 Chicago

Two of the original franchises three days after the NFL’s 100th birthday.

BEARS, 17-16

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2020 RECORD

Straight up: 9-7. Against spread: 10-5-1

Best Bet: Straight up: 0-1. Against spread: 0-1

Upset Special: Straight up: 0-1. Against spread: 0-0-1

Freshman quarterback Colson Wichterman has been a dual threat for Cameron and is coming off an impressive performance against the Lumberjacks. Wichterman completed 10 of 16 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown while rushing nine times for 37 yards and three more scores in the victory.

The Dragons finished with 389 total yards of offense while allowing only 210. And while Cameron fumbled six times on the night, they were able to pounce on five of those loose footballs.

“We managed not to turn the ball over in week one and we haven’t done it at all in practice, so the fact we put the ball on the carpet six times last week has us shaking our heads a little bit,” Brown said. “I was not expecting that at all, but it was just one of those nights. I honestly believe we have it under control now and I know that we are not going to be able to do that again this week and still win.”

Frontier wasted little time taking care of the Bulldogs last week, grabbing a 16-0 lead before Bridgeport was able to run a single play on offense and racking up 30 points in the opening quarter alone.

Quarterback JD Schmidt was 9 of 15 for 129 yards for three touchdowns through the air while adding a rushing touchdown. The Cougars finished with 210 yards on the ground led by Slade Amos (13-89-td), Noah Barnhart (12-42-2td) and Tanner Biller (3-63-td) while Bills and Breckin Hoff added touchdown catches.

The Frontier offense has not scored less than 42 points in any of its initial three games while the defense has allowed just one touchdown each in those three games and one two-point conversion. The Cougars’ defense limited Bridgeport to just 123 total yards of offense, only 27 of that coming on the ground.

“We watched them on film, and they are definitely a good football team,” Brown said. “A team that we remember beat us last year. They run a lot of wing T with some spread and they have speedy receivers who catch the ball on the perimeter well.

“They also do a nice job running the football and are very diverse. They are going to be very hard to slow down. Their defense is sound with some good athletes and we know we are going to have to put together four quarters of good football to beat them. I am sure that both teams are looking for big wins to help propel them towards the playoffs and I know they are wanting to go 6-0 in their shortened season. It’s a big game, but with the uncertainty of everything they are all big games this year. Nothing is promised and nobody really knows what lies ahead.”