Browns @ Bengals Predictions

[BengalChris]

(11-20-2018, 03:35 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I would have at least somewhat rooted for the Browns if they were in the NFC. Ohio is the only state where there multiple teams in the state and all are in the same conference. 

You may or may not know this, but the current arrangement of Cleveland, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh being in same division was part of the AFL/NFL merger deal. Cleveland and Pittsburgh had to move from the NFL (NFC) to the AFC and it pitted both Paul Brown teams against each other.

When the old Browns became the Ravens, they stayed in the same division and the new Browns were added later.

The Houston Oilers were also part of the original deal, but were moved to the south to allow for the new Browns to be in the same division as Cincinnati and the old Browns (Ravens). Pittsburgh stayed, of course.