Predict the North

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(11-13-2021, 04:22 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Here are the remaining games for each team in the division, with previous results already listed. 

What are your predictions for each upcoming game, and final record, for all 4 teams?


RAVENS                                     
@  Las Vegas Raiders   L
vs  Kansas City Chiefs   W
@  Detroit Lions   W
@  Denver Broncos   W
vs  Indianapolis Colts   W
vs  Los Angeles Chargers   W
vs  Cincinnati Bengals   L
vs  Minnesota Vikings   W
@  Miami Dolphins   L

@  Chicago Bears
vs  Cleveland Browns
@  Pittsburgh Steelers
@  Cleveland Browns
vs  Green Bay Packers
@  Cincinnati Bengals
vs  Los Angeles Rams
vs  Pittsburgh Steelers


STEELERS                                    
@  Buffalo Bills   W
vs  Las Vegas Raiders   L
vs  Cincinnati Bengals   L
@  Green Bay Packers   L
vs  Denver Broncos   W
vs  Seattle Seahawks   W
@  Cleveland Browns   W
vs  Chicago Bears   W

vs  Detroit Lions
@  Los Angeles Chargers
@  Cincinnati Bengals
vs  Baltimore Ravens
@  Minnesota Vikings
vs  Tennessee Titans
@  Kansas City Chiefs
vs  Cleveland Browns
@  Baltimore Ravens


BROWNS                                   
@  Kansas City Chiefs   L
vs  Houston Texans   W
vs  Chicago Bears   W
@  Minnesota Vikings   W
@  Los Angeles Chargers   L
vs  Arizona Cardinals   L
vs  Denver Broncos   W
vs  Pittsburgh Steelers   L
@  Cincinnati Bengals   W

@  New England Patriots
vs  Detroit Lions
@  Baltimore Ravens
vs  Baltimore Ravens
vs  Las Vegas Raiders
@  Green Bay Packers
@  Pittsburgh Steelers
vs  Cincinnati Bengals


BENGALS                                   
vs  Minnesota Vikings   W
@  Chicago Bears   L  
@  Pittsburgh Steelers   W
vs  Jacksonville Jaguars   W
vs  Green Bay Packers   L
@  Detroit Lions   W           
@  Baltimore Ravens   W   
@  New York Jets   L
vs  Cleveland Browns   L

@  Las Vegas Raiders
vs  Pittsburgh Steelers
vs  Los Angeles Chargers
vs  San Francisco 49ers
@  Denver Broncos
vs  Baltimore Ravens
vs  Kansas City Chiefs
@  Cleveland Browns

Based on what I have seen thus far (but we all know how things can flip on a dime), I think the division is Cleveland's.  They seem to have galvanized after getting rid of OBJ.  I think they have one of the easier schedules as well as the most well-rounded team.  I am still not a big Baker fan, but that team is a lot like the 2015 Bengals.  Great offense and solid defense.   I hope I'm wrong, but if I had to put money on one team to win the AFC North, it is Cleveland.

I actually see the Bengals finishing 2nd.  The fact that the Dolphins beat the Rats makes me doubt them even more.  Their offense is still reliant on one guy so much that when teams find a way to limit him, they struggle, and their defense has a lot of holes.  

Should the Bengals win in Vegas (oh, please!) they have only two of their remaining 7 games after that on the road.  

I also believe so much in Joe Burrow.  He wasn't awful in the Cleveland game, but made a couple bad mistakes and the defense's ability to get any stops turned in to a feeding frenzy on him.  He will bounce back.  He is amazing.  

pittsturd is an absolute fraud.  Other than a couple great players on defense, they aren't going to threaten.  

Browns 11-6
Bengals 10-7
Rats 9-8
steelers 7-10