12-28-2015, 01:52 PM
Changing of the guard would imply that there was a team that perennially was in control of the division and now there is a new team that will be in control of the division. That's just not the case. Over the last decade the AFC North has been one of the most consistently disputed divisions in football (except for the Redheaded stepchildren in Cleveland.)
It would have been more telling had the Bengals NOT won a division with a team that is 4 players down the depth chart at QB, RB and WR and another playing stretches without their star QB and arguably the best back in football.And yeah, the Browns.
Its not like the Bengals needed to prove anything to show that they are a contender in the AFC North. That's been done time and again. But to say that the Bengals will be the class of the division going forward? That's a tough sell.
But they're the class of the division right now, and that's all that matters right now.
It would have been more telling had the Bengals NOT won a division with a team that is 4 players down the depth chart at QB, RB and WR and another playing stretches without their star QB and arguably the best back in football.And yeah, the Browns.
Its not like the Bengals needed to prove anything to show that they are a contender in the AFC North. That's been done time and again. But to say that the Bengals will be the class of the division going forward? That's a tough sell.
But they're the class of the division right now, and that's all that matters right now.
