My AFC North Rankings

Bengals have the same long term roster issues like Steelers do. Unfortunately... the problems usually can't be fixed in one draft and one offseason of free agency acquisitions. Bengals entire defense is chronically bad... Steelers interior DL continues to be a problem along with OT and ILB. Steelers have made good efforts to upgrade OT and DL (Harmon) in the draft.... but ILB continues to be ignored.

 

Not to the oddsmakers it isn't.

 

May I ask why isn't Front Office included here?! No seriously, why isn't FO not among the rankings?! Ownership and Front Office Operations are two completely different things.


As for the rest of the rankings?!

Toss up here. On paper, Pittsburgh has the best but Baltimore hiring the likes of Dwayne Ledford (someone who is worth mentioning without question), Anthony Weaver and Joe Lombardi are all just as talented and innovative as the coaches Pittsburgh has acquired.

Again, on paper, Pittsburgh but even with the acquisition of Max Iheanachor, Baltimore still has the likes of Roger Rosengarten, Ronnie Stanley and Ethan Pocic. In addition, they also received the likes of Vega Ioane and John Simpson is by no means a slouch here.

For the exact same reasons I outlined already twice over; Pittsburgh on paper but Baltimore has the more consistent and proven room here. Zay Flowers is a legit WR 1 while Bateman is one of the most underrated WR2's in all of Football.

Ravens way too high and Browns very much the same. Cincy is the usual toss up because it all depends on Joe Burrow's health. Should he stay healthy a full season, Cincy is blowing past 9 wins easily. Way too much firepower on Offense and now armed with a Defense that has some serious bite this time around; bite that hasn't been seen since 2021. Pittsburgh is in the same "toss up" tier. All depends on how quickly the team can gain cohesion among all the new major changes. I do see 10 wins being the ceiling but it also can be 7 wins depending on how the first half of the season plays out.




*** Browns record prediction was incorrect via stating "way too low". Thanks to @TrueFan for the correction!! ***

 

You believe the Browns will win way more than 7 games?

 

Damn it.


Meant to say "way too high".


Thanks man!

 

You had me scared for a minute because you are usually a voice of reason and I made a sizable bet.

 

Been running around a bit the past couple of days. Need some sleep. Gonna be getting some pretty soon. I am just finalizing some important docs, waiting on maintenance in my apartment to take care of an issue then headed to bed.


Grocery shopping begins either tonight or tomorrow.

 

I hope Your correct.

 

Meanwhile:

 

Living in northeast Ohio is always fun this time of year. The fans bark about how they will beat the Steelers, the media talks about how the Browns will win the division, but they all ***** about the coach and the players. Todd Monken, just like every other Browns coach for the 6 decades, can't make good solid football decisions because those take time to implement and Browns coaches don't get time. He may start Watson simply because he knows that if he doesn't win right now he will be gone.

 

LoL
I freaking love this

 

When ownership forced Watson on Stefanski we could pretty much predict it was going to have an ugly end to it.