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This time of year is like football hibernates.
Nothing happens until Camp opens.
I thought it would be worth discussing the North. As a new season begins the first objective is to win your division.
Something the Browns have not done since 1989. Wow that is an eye opener to how bad we have been.
Ok. Ravens, Bengals, Steelers. Have we made enough gains to get in front of any of the teams in the North?
The Bengals are the only team with the same head coach. They have Burrow, Chase and Higgens. Have they gotten any better on defense?
The Ravens have Lamar. They won 8 games last year. Are they better?
The Steelers won the division which seems impossible. Rodgers has returned for his last gasp. His old coach Mike McCarthy is now the head coach.
Honestly, the North does not look that great. Every team has question marks. Naturally the quarterbacks are the first place you look.
Burrow and Lamar are both great qb's. Rodgers has seen better days.
The Browns are still in the category of who is our quarterback?
Even though that is the case the Browns should be better than last year.
The Ravens and Bengals have the edge. I could see the Steelers slipping. Tomlin saw the future.
I think the Browns could split in head to head games in the North.
But I see them ending up third or fourth.
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Third or fourth place seems realistic. I had posted awhile back that if everything came together for us we’d have a shot at winning the division because the teams in the North, after being so good for so long, have regressed. It’s wishful thinking on my part and a long shot but we’re due for some good fortune. I feel we’re going to be good enough to go .500 in the division.
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As usual, it will probably come down to which team stays the healthiest at key positions.
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Third or fourth place seems realistic. I had posted awhile back that if everything came together for us we’d have a shot at winning the division because the teams in the North, after being so good for so long, have regressed. It’s wishful thinking on my part and a long shot but we’re due for some good fortune. I feel we’re going to be good enough to go .500 in the division. Every year a team emerges ahead of schedule. Maybe that will be the Browns this year. Maybe Sanders proves to be the long-term QB or Watson finds his Texans magic. It happens. More than likely the Ravens and Bengals fight it out for 1 and 2 and the Browns and Steelers fight it out for the basement but there is always hope. I think Sander's development is the only hope for 2026.
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Two teams, the Bengals and Ravens have legitimate QB's. The other two teams do not. Injuries can not be predicted. We can only make projections based on the facts at hand. What ifs and maybes won't change that.
Advantage? The two teams that have a QB.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
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