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Our beloved AFC North teams have all pruned the dead branches and excess leaves from their respective shru- er, rosters. There were no real personnel surprises, given preseason play and obvious decisions.  Injuries played a significant role, as they always do. Here’s a quick recap of the last week of the preseason’s notable headlines.  Enjoy.…

Hearing about a lot of access issues on the last board, so we’ll try this again. Here.  Have some football links. Not everyone is happy with the selection of veteran QB Joe Flacco as the Browns’ week 1 starter Speculation over the status of CB Jaire Alexander begins An unlikely trade proposal for Bengals’ DE…

The NFL preseason has proceeded according to plan for most of the AFC North. Rather than waste characters here, I present the latest updates from around the sports media landscape. Enjoy.   Cleveland Browns The Browns picked up a former Steelers cornerback Preseason week 1 phenom QB Shedeur Sanders still fourth on the depth chart…

Time’s a little short this morning, but not too short to assemble some links to compensate for my lack of actual written content. Heh.   Baltimore Ravens TE Isaiah Likely may miss several weeks after his latest injury. C Tyler Linderbaum is receiving accolades.   Cincinnati Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson will end his holdout today,…

Our annual trek without pro football is over, again – given that I type the same sentiments every year, it nearly seems pointless to do so now. The AFC North is expected to be, again, one of the top divisions in football, with up to three playoff entrants.  To rehash more cliches, “their journey to…

This is a chat board.  It is for AFC North football discussions and keen life observations. Aside from the continued truancy of Trey Hendrickson and T.J. Watt, plus (likely groundless) trade speculation, there’s not much to talk about. But I’m sure you’ll find a way. Happy 4th and all that.  Enjoy.

In roughly a month, NFL rookies and special teamers will have reported to their respective training camps. As we say every offseason, it’s about damned time. Other than the movement of a couple of former Packers within the AFC North, there really hasn’t been much activity lately.  But that won’t stop this information train from…

Remember “dignity”? The traditional, cliché, college-paper thing to do here is cite a dictionary.  So in the interest of clarity, I shall do so: dig·ni·ty /ˈdiɡnədē/ the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect. “a man of dignity and unbending principle” a composed or serious manner or style. “he bowed with great…

Howdy. There’s activity, albeit mild activity, happening around the league this week as most NFL teams are gathering for mandatory mini-camps.  There’s been a few notable signings, and some farewells to former AFC North personnel. Such as it is this time of year. Here’s a few links and tidbits.  Enjoy.   Discussion and debate about…

The NFL’s “dead zone” has arrived in earnest.  There’s a few narratives being kicked about, but they’re largely the same storylines we’ve been absorbing for the last few months, still with no resolution. Here’s a few of the latest AFC North items, such as they are.  Enjoy.   Never a shrinking violet, former Steelers QB…