The worst-case scenario for every AFC team (and the best-case, too)

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http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/afc-predictions-2015-best-worst-case-scenarios-afc-patriots-broncos-colts-steelers-ravens-preview

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BALTIMORE RAVENS

Best-case scenario (13-3): Joe Flacco is elite.

Worst-case scenario (6-10): Joe Flacco is not elite.

CINCINNATI BENGALS


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Best-case scenario (10-6): Andy Dalton proves worthy of his $115 million contract and leads — no, sorry I couldn’t get through that without laughing.

Worst-case scenario (6-10): Andy Dalton finally shows what Andy Dalton is, a very average, stable, NFL quarterback who, according to style tips in the latest issue of Cosmo, should never wear red.

CLEVELAND BROWNS

Best-case scenario (7-9): After a night of drinking, LeBron James convinces Aaron Rodgers that he’s from Akron and it’s his civic duty to return to Cleveland and lead the Browns to a championship. By the time Rodgers has sobered up, his trade demand has gone through and The Cleve is back in the game.


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Worst-case scenario (2-14): When you have Johnny Manziel on a roster, every case is a worst scenario.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Best-case scenario (13-3): Chuck Noll’s first game as Pittsburgh Steelers head coach came two months after the moon landing. Since then, there have been only two other Steelers coaches (Bill Cowher and current coach Mike Tomlin). That has nothing specifically to do with this season, it’s just an amazing stat and means Tomlin — still only 43 years old somehow — may be coach when men land on the moon.

Worst-case scenario (7-9): While trying to trip a Baltimore Ravens player, Tomlin accidentally trips one of his own and the resulting fall causes the football to deflate upon impact of the turf leading to eight months of controversy culminating in 83-year-old Dan Rooney challenging Roger Goodell to a fight, which Rooney easily wins.


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