Inside the AFC North: The Best, Worst, and Reality for Every Team

The AFC North is due for another battle for the top of the division. With all four teams being playoff contenders, what is the best, worst and realistic situation for every single team in AFC NortH?
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[@tussin_papi5954]

1. The Baltimore/ Lamar glazing needs to stop fr, they are going to give you the best regular season football like always but come postseason they are going to forget what makes them elite. Also derrick henry in total against all the AFC north his rushing yrds are not spectacular. 2. Realistically imo the bengals have the best chance of beating the inevitable aka the chiefs in the post season but they have to get there with a healthy joe. All that talent and none of it was put towards making sure joe doesn’t get touched also how long before we call him injury prone js?🤷🏾‍♂️ 3. The Steelers fans are sounding like conceited browns fans atm Russell wilson is not going to get you guys and mike tomlin anything but another winning season gg. But in the same breath i do think Justin fields could be the answer long term maybe a few more offensive weapons? 4. Im gonna try my hardest and not be biased towards the browns. But the slander is so bad at this point i think the nfl just needs a scapegoat for hate lol. 32 teams and people still think the browns are the worst cause of the media. REALISTICALLY the browns have a comfortable 10-7 or11-6 season with Deshaun feeling more comfortable with ken dorsey more pass heavy offense if jeudy an dw can both stay healthy long enough to build chemistry that could be one of the better qb wr duo’s in the afc north under chase and burrow

[@tussin_papi5954]

But because im an afc north football fan and i say we all get in post season somehow best “case scenario”💀

[@FootballTDAY]

Realistically yea every team could make post season but people forget the afc south quite stacked as well

[@ChubbTrain]

​@@FootballTDAYhow is that? There's the Texans and who else? Not a believer in Lawrence at all . Had that one good post season run and hasn't done much since . Tenn is trash and the colts still have questions at QB.

[@tussin_papi5954]

@@FootballTDAY other than the texans i see no threat. The north is a defense heavy division minus the bengals but their offense can just as easily suffocate a team. The jags snuck in that playoff win on a chargers team that had brandon staley coaching. Thats trevors biggest accomplishment meanwhile cj came in and did his job first year but then what happened he ran into one of those afc north defenses

[@FootballTDAY]

The Colts are one my biggest sleepers going into next season, one win away from making the postseason with Minshew at QB and only added more weapons and getting A-Rich back for a sophomore season, Jacksonville had a generational collapse last season, but I still see this team being competitive with a very underrated defense and more weapons for TLaw

[@diamondrg3556]

While it is not guaranteed, if the Bengals are good enough to make the AFCC against the Chiefs, they are good enough to win that game. I think that realistically, that game is a coinflip.

[@FootballTDAY]

If they can fix their run defense woes, this team is always primed to make a run. especially with burrow’s ability in the playoffs to turn it on

[@bericmcday7469]

Yall think burrow was the answer to back to back AFC Championships, honestly I think it was the D. Burrow gives you belief but that D those two years got key stops and turnovers.

[@TripleG12398]

I say all the predictions are accurate except I would say the bengals go 13-4 (they have a mediocre schedule) and the ravens go 12-5 and the bengals win the superbowl

[@tay9805]

I'm jus gun say this every team in that division now has a former Baltimore Raven on it from last season. Let's talk about it

[@GabrielLankey714]

I am a browns fan and I think the exact same thing we do have the hardest schedule out of all of them anyways sooo

[@seansimmons6932]

Yeah and we crush em all, 17-0, realistically 13-4, this guy isn’t a Browns fan so you can’t really blame him but you’re a Browns fan so what you think it’s possible we’ll have a 6-11 season REALLY???!!! Bruh go bandwagon another team if you really think that lmao

[@seansimmons6932]

The Browns disrespect is insane

[@antoniok7224]

The Browns will always be the same old Browns it's proven.😈😈😈FlockNation

[@seansimmons6932]

@@antoniok7224 lmao ok ratbird fan, it’ll be fun to see who sits on top this year

[@antoniok7224]

@@seansimmons6932 lol funny, it won't be the DooDoo Browns that wins the AFC North I'll tell you that lol.

[@seansimmons6932]

@@antoniok7224 wow that’s like the most unexpected thing I’ve ever heard in my life. A ratbirds fan isn’t rooting for the Browns???? What is this world coming to lmao

[@shadowlazers]

They need to prove their not the Brown's..ever decent year is followed by folly..and DeShaun Watson is a bum

[@biggmarv3455]

Home Boy you straight trippn if you think the Steelers are going to finish 7-10... Just where do you people come from.. TRIPPN.. We are going to take back the AFC North.. Because we are the TRUE KINGS OF THE NORTH.. book it.. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@benjaminb3295]

No you’re not and you haven’t been for several years. Longest playoff win drought in the afc: The Steelers are a joke.

[@14-7AtWork]

Ravens Browns Bengals Steelers

[@gregm599]

Your on HEROIN he blows the big games and don’t mention the fumble Lamar eas playing aweful before then and played timid and after the fumble he throws the worst interception I ever seen best case sinario same as always win a playoff g and lose the game after there going 8-9

[@FootballTDAY]

Sinario

[@seansimmons6932]

The Browns have a better roster than the entire NFL except for QB, it showed last season, and it’ll show this season if everyone can stay healthy.

[@FootballTDAY]

It also showed in the playoffs

[@seansimmons6932]

@@FootballTDAY the Browns had by far more injuries than any other team going into the postseason, plus everyone has their bad days, you can’t say that the Browns would’ve have had a worse performance during the regular season and the post season with no injuries, so WTF!!! We made it to the post season 11-6 on a 4th string QB, so the only varying factor is Watson while everyone else has only gotten better, yet you say we will do significantly worse lmao. Idk why I guess you’re just a hater

[@justiniglesias5373]

ravens bengals afc championship book it

[@tussin_papi5954]

Smoking

[@TyreekProdz-q3d]

You sir, are delusional

[@diamondrg3556]

@@tussin_papi5954 That is not smoking. The Bengals could knock off the Chiefs, and the Ravens should be capable of beating everyone else.

[@tussin_papi5954]

@@diamondrg3556bengals have to get through a season with a healthy quarterback before you see the ravens. Also the ravens will more than likely win the AFC so they get a bye so the ravens wont be “beating everyone else”so in post season that means that the bengals will have to beat other teams that aren’t the chiefs, sounds easy until you look at how scary the afc gets post season miami, texans, chiefs, buffalo!?, chargers!?, and the team that joe cant seem to beat the browns who i can see getting the 7th seed so if the bengals get the 2 seed thats real test for joe so yes you’re smoking if you think that match up is set in stone this is not the NFC there are more than 4 good teams.

[@TripleG12398]

@@tussin_papi5954 he's not smoking. every time burrow has played a full season, the bengals went to the afc title game and with the offensive line improving, there's a higher chance of burrow staying healthy the whole season. in 2022, they had a top 5 hardest schedule and still went to the afc title game while having a 10 game win streak (including playoffs). with burrow healthy, the bengals can beat ANY team.

[@BasketballTDAY]

Editing goes crazy on this

[@deans825]

Bro lost all credibility when he said steelers 7-10. When will people learn 😂

[@FootballTDAY]

7-10 9-8 they’re all the same thing, same result for the Steelers every year - first round exists 🥱

[@aidannolan2553]

Lamar getting his sb

[@tussin_papi5954]

Smoking

[@gregm599]

Troll

[@JohnDavis-po5yp]

I beg to differ I guarantee you the Steelers be at the top of the division

[@FootballTDAY]

Thanks for the opinion, John.

[@TripleG12398]

😂😂😂

[@TJWattFan90]

steelers are not going 9-8 sorry bud steelers either go 11-6 or go 12-5

[@tussin_papi5954]

Smoking

[@FootballTDAY]

- TjWattFan90

[@diamondrg3556]

Why? Russ and Fields have not shown great talent.

[@Shamuel-0]

All just to get their back blown out in the playoffs

[@alexxtrippi333]

delusional

[@ThatGuy-xg5hj]

Did the Bengals make the playoffs last season? Well, the Steelers did. Did the Steelers beat the Bengals both times? Yes Did the Steelers beat the ravens both games last year? Yes Did the Steelers beat the Browns one out of two games last season ? Yes Even with the NFL's corrupt Steelers' scheduling of their division games, I still feel they will win the division.

[@FootballTDAY]

The Steelers got bounced in the playoffs and didn’t really compete at all😂 Bengals would’ve made playoffs with burrow, and sure the steelers got a game against Baltimore the other was against all backups when Baltimore secured the one seed. Banking a lot by saying they’ll win the division when we haven’t seen how Russ or fields fit in this offense

[@TripleG12398]

you know damn well if burrow wasn't injured, not only would the bengals make the playoffs above the steelers, but they would have beat the steelers AT LEAST 1 out of the 2 games (if not both).😂

[@themistero]

Both the Steeler QB's are rejects from other teams. Betting on either one is a stretch. The offensive coordinator flopped in ATL. Tomlin will get his winning season at 9-8. Congrats.