Who will win the division?

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(08-02-2015, 02:29 PM)GMDino Wrote: Don't you roll you eyes at me young, uh, man?

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A couple years ago was the first time the Ravens won the division AND the Steelers made the playoffs.  Until that time they only ever won it when the Steelers had a bad year.

For the Bengals to be true contenders they need to show they can win it with real competition within the division.  Wouldn't you agree?

Let's see you choose a 4 year period which begins with one team coming off a 4-12 season (Bengals) who have a veteran QB holding out so they draft a rookie QB, a rookie WR and have a rookie OC to compare against two teams that both have veteran QB's and feel the is an apples to apples comparison

But, once you look at it, yes the Bengal are 11-13 in the AFCN those 4 years. The Ravens are 16-10 (2nd best) and the Steelers best at 15-9. As you look further, the Bengals have the worst record over the 4 years against the last place Browns. Also, The Bengals had one negative division year at 2-4 and that was 2011 (rookie years of AD, AJ and Gruden) coming off of a 4-12 season.

If you look at those 4 years with the Bengals inexperienced QB versus experienced QB's Flacco and Ben, the Bengals have the best overall regular season record with 40-23-1 (made playoff all 4 years), 2nd and very close is the Ravens at 40-24 (they missed playoffs once) and the Steelers are 3rd at 39-25 (they missed playoffs twice)

The reality is we have 3 very good teams in the AFCN and the Browns are close to not being the doormat they have been to both the Ravens and the Steelers.

Yes, the Bengals need to do better against the Steelers and the Browns, but it could be argued the past 4 years, the Ravens struggle against the Bengals more so than against the Steelers or Browns.