Sports Illustrated projection

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(09-07-2015, 11:06 AM)BengalFanInNJ Wrote: All good points, but, you know that the Steelers and Ravens always seem to find diamonds in the rough. While the Steelers defense isn't what it used to be, it won't be terrible. Plus, they have a top-5 QB like him or not. If Roethlisberger is playing, the Steelers always have a chance. Same with the Ravens. They always seem to have a solid defense and Flacco plays great when it counts. The QB position is what separates us and those two teams and it's a huge difference.

I have the AFC North as this:

Steelers  11-5
Ravens   10-6
Bengals   9-7
Browns    7-9

True, both Ravens and Steelers have proven QB's

But, you can't keep losing studs and not eventually pay for it

It could be argued the Bengals also found diamonds in the rough like IIoka, Nelson, Geno, Marvin Jones and Andy Dalton

My point is it hard for me to look at 2015 losses and gains for the Ravens and the Steelers, look at their schedule and factor in Ben and Joe also played for them in 2014 (injury free again) and see why they got better and we got a whole lot worse.