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Rookie minicamps are over.  Mandatory minicamps begin in roughly a month. It’s time for a loose conglomeration of random links to articles about our beloved division! Yay! Enjoy.   Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson is upset and feels a deal won’t get done anytime soon. My Take: Get over it, Trey.  This is simply how…

Every year, while soaking in the aftermath of the NFL Draft, fans and pundits offer no shortage of impressions of their team’s assorted draft successes or failures.  We’ve all run across the moldy, unfortunate YouTube clips of fans lamenting picks in real time, like this shiny, very funny example. It’s pretty common knowledge that most…

It’s nearly Draft Day.  Or, as it’s become, Draft Week. Our AFC North squads have surely done their respective research and are ready to not take the vacc- Sorry.  They are ready to DRAFT THEIR PREFERRED PLAYERS. Over the years, some narratives have formed regarding the draft practices and handling of rookie/first contract personnel by…

Time and motivation are running a bit short today, so here’s a few links regarding the upcoming NFL draft and where our beloved AFC North squads might choose to bolster their respective rosters.  Enjoy.   https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-draft-every-team-s-full-set-of-picks   Ravens: https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/ravens-dream-haul-nfl-draft-malaki-starks-2025-late-for-work https://www.si.com/nfl/ravens/news/interesting-mock-draft-lands-baltimore-ravens-freakish-shemar-stewart   Steelers: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-nfl-draft-rumors-shedeur-sanders-visiting-steelers-as-team-awaits-aaron-rodgers-decision/ https://www.si.com/nfl/steelers/podcasts/pittsburgh-steelers-draft-hints-surprising-option-emerges   Bengals: https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/cincinnati-bengals-bringing-top-playmaker-nick-emmanwori-visit-2025-nfl-draft-01jpq61hx4k0 https://nfltraderumors.co/bengals-hosting-ohio-state-rb-treveyon-henderson-for-pre-draft-visit/   Browns: https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/6-recent-draft-predictions-for-the-2025-nfl-draft-mock-draft-roundup https://sports.yahoo.com/article/browns-two-2025-nfl-draft-231214196.html    

So that’s that. In a  yawner of a Super Bowl, the Eagles flexed their considerable roster muscle and outclassed the Chiefs, 40-22, in somewhat humiliating fashion.  Losing GMs throughout the NFL looked on with fawning envy, including those in the AFC North. While the AFC North’s collective outcome wasn’t too awful at .500 (34-34 overall),…

So that’s that. In a  yawner of a Super Bowl, the Eagles flexed their considerable roster muscle and outclassed the Chiefs, 40-22, in somewhat humiliating fashion.  Losing GMs throughout the NFL looked on with fawning envy, including those in the AFC North. While the AFC North’s collective outcome wasn’t too awful at .500 (34-34 overall),…

So that’s that. In a  yawner of a Super Bowl, the Eagles flexed their considerable roster muscle and outclassed the Chiefs, 40-22, in somewhat humiliating fashion.  Losing GMs throughout the NFL looked on with fawning envy, including those in the AFC North. While the AFC North’s collective outcome wasn’t too awful at .500 (34-34 overall),…

I’m penning this early Monday morning in an effort to ignore the news.  The news, of course, is deeply entrenched in assorted interpretations of the latest Trump administration’s (largely illegal) efforts to scuttle congressionally-mandated funding for aid programs.  The ensuing courtroom tilts will be long, bloody and exhaustive, and will likely result in nothing more…

…and it all came crashing down.  Again. In the wake of the Ravens’ divisional round loss to the Buffalo Bills Sunday evening, the utterly predictable finger-pointing and play-shaming has become tiresome.  Ravens fans are indeed a passionate bunch, but I fear they – and perhaps NFL fans in general – have fallen victim to the…