AFC North

[sailorsam]

AFC North Week 1

RAVENS: gobsmacked the Doh-phins with an overwhelming offensive display featuring its 2nd year QB Lamar Jackson and rookie WRs 'Hollywood' Brown and Miles Boykin. and their Tight Ends. and Mark Ingram II. all the skill players contributed. scary good.
NEXT WEEK: Sunday at 1 host Arizona Cardinals, which showed a lot of spunk to come back in the 4th quarter to tie the Lions.

STEELERS: got embarrassed @ Foxboro on Sunday! Night! Football! 33-3. Rush Limbaugh: 'I've never seen a Steelers team so docile'. Here's hoping they stay that way
NEXT WEEK: host Seattle Sunday at 1. hard for a west-coast team etc. if they (the Steelers) suck in this one Tomlin will be under the scope.

BROWNS: Preseason AFC North Champions by Acclamation lost to Tennessee 43-13. game was closer than score indicates but come ON, 13 points in your home opener???
NEXT WEEK: @ J-E-T-S Monday! Night! Football! don't count the New Yorkites out. wonder how the atmosphere in the Brownies locker room will be if they start 0-2 against those opponents.

BENGALS: lost @ Seattle 21-20. Dalton was 35-51 418 yards but they lost three fumbles and only ran for 34 yards (on 14 attempts). missed a 45 yard FG. you can make a good case they coulda shoulda won this game.
NEXT WEEK: host 49ers Sunday @ 1. another West Coast team playing East. could go either way.

[Shrubbs]

What's funny is for all the obituaries written about Cincinnati, besides Baltimore they easily had the best game of any AFC North team.

[BcRaven]

This opening week could not have turned out better for the Ravens. That said, there are still 15 more games to go (don't have to be a mathematical genius to figure that out). I'm glad we started out on such a positive note, but in any sport you have to wait until you see where your team (and the opposition) is headed. Injuries, funny bounces from the football, and other factors make the games a ? until January. I am optimistic about the team I root for, but cautiously so in September... Bc

[Shrubbs]

I mean the Browns dropped one to the fucking TITANS! That's an average team at best!

[21xxxv]

I mean the Browns dropped one to the fucking TITANS! That's an average team at best!

Respectfully disagree. They play defense. If Mariotta can stay healthy they will contend for the AFC South.

[Shrubbs]

Respectfully disagree. They play defense. If Mariotta can stay healthy they will content for the AFC South.

Look I think they're a fringe playoff team. And IMO if you're this uber talented lock to win the division superbowl contender team that the Browns were billed as, you do not lose to fringe playoff teams at home. I mean, look, everyone has bad games. You're allowed to have a bad game. But I think the loss was embarrassing.

[camdenyard]

I mean the Browns dropped one to the fucking TITANS! That's an average team at best!

Mehhhhh...not sure about that. A quality defensive team.

[organizedchaos21]

AFC North Week 1 ...

Mentioned this in another thread:

Something nice happened the last time the Ravens were alone in first after week 1 (2012).

[organizedchaos21]

STEELERS: got embarrassed @ Foxboro on Sunday! Night! Football! 33-3. Rush Limbaugh: 'I've never seen a Steelers team so docile'. Here's hoping they stay that way
NEXT WEEK: host Seattle Sunday at 1. hard for a west-coast team etc. if they (the Steelers) suck in this one Tomlin will be under the scope.

Seattle hasn't been too bad in the early east coast slot (9-6 since Carroll took over). I've got nothing to say about the Steelers. Turned the game off in Q2 to re-watch the Ravens.

BROWNS: Preseason AFC North Champions by Acclimation lost to Tennessee 43-13. game was closer than score indicates but come ON, 13 points in your home opener???
NEXT WEEK: @ J-E-T-S Monday! Night! Football! don't count the New Yorkites out. wonder how the atmosphere in the Brownies locker room will be if they start 0-2 against those opponents.

Score a TD to cut the lead to 15-13 with 2:10 left in Q3. Immediately give up a long TD (unsuccessfully challenge for OPI), throw 2 picks on your next 5 passes, which the opponent also turns into TDs, and suddenly, barely 8 game minutes later, the game is over. Wooooof.

BENGALS: lost @ Seattle 21-20. Dalton was 35-51 418 yards but they lost three fumbles and only ran for 34 yards (on 14 attempts). missed a 45 yard FG. you can make a good case they coulda shoulda won this game.
NEXT WEEK: host 49ers Sunday @ 1. another West Coast team playing East. could go either way.

John Ross though. I liked it better when he was a bust. San Francisco has been a bad team regardless, but they also haven't won in the early east coast slot since 2014. Guess it's a good thing we get to play them at home too!

[Knox Harrington]

Cincy should have won that game. Bullock missed a 45 yard FG in the 2nd half. They also heavily outgained the Seahawks and were constantly in the backfield pressuring Wilson.

That said, I’m not sure how good the Seahawks secondary is?

[SeattleRaven]

Cincy should have won that game. Bullock missed a 45 yard FG in the 2nd half. They also heavily outgained the Seahawks and were constantly in the backfield pressuring Wilson.

That said, I’m not sure how good the Seahawks secondary is?

The Seattle secondary is not very good and very suspect. They have added to their D line but still can't cover. Also, I noticed that their O line had trouble keeping Wilson upright. I am thinking about going to the Ravens game out here.

[sailorsam]

Chaos, anyone but the NEPs would have made great entertainment. don't blame you for turning off. I'm old enough to remember the Noll era. story I've heard; one game they were getting smacked by the Bengals. it was prime game of the week and the tv people were thinking of switching to another game but the more the steelers were losing the more people turned in to watch so they kept it on.

good info on the Browns/Bengals.

Knox, I wonder if Seattle could have used Thomas out there yesterday?