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Some days you win.  Some days you lose. Some days, you get the crap kicked out of you physically, limiting your ability to perform at a high level for an undetermined amount of time. Injuries (and recovery from them) have affected the power structure of the AFC North since season’s outset, which is not in…

It’s rare to get entire days of NFL football, but AFC North fans were treated to this prospect courtesy of the NFL’s penchant for scheduling games in international time zones; in this case, London, where the Ravens and Titans met in a marginally-watchable game.  U.S.A.-based fans were able to watch games from 9:00 am EST…

Hey all. Vacations are a valuable thing.  I chose to take advantage of some much-needed time away from work, and I’m not abandoning that effort to submit to my curious desire to write about football and football-related topics. Much.   Ravens 10, Steelers 17 The Ravens doomed themselves with poor offensive execution and untimely defensive…

It wasn’t a banner week overall in the AFC North. Despite a “rivalry” game, none of the AFC North contests were exactly competitive, and certainly not close.  For all of the discussion of personnel manipulation, rumors regarding league parity and the balancing of rosters over time, days like Sunday seem improbable when they occur. I…

It was a bipolar week in the AFC North. The division  went 3-1 overall.  If not for Baltimore’s injury-decimated roster (again) and lack of discipline, it could have easily been 4-0.  Kudos to the winning teams; as some sports folks have observed, these early games seem irrelevant until you’re pondering having to win an away…

Seems much too early in the season for divisional matchups, but who am I to question the NFL’s vaunted schedulers? We had two such matchups in the AFC North last Sunday, and a couple of things still hold true: These teams generally do not like each other Ugly football is almost to be expected As…

It surely wasn’t pretty.  It wasn’t very efficient.  It broke a lot of players, some for the remainder of the 2023 season. Ya know what? It’s NFL Football. And here’s what happened.  Enjoy. (Spoiler:  There is no mention of Aaron Rodgers or his reverberating calf herein.)   Texans 9, Ravens 25 The Ravens’ ‘vaunted’ offense…

Preseason is over!  Yay! For those of us that enjoy American professional football, the end of the preseason is pretty groovy.  Fantasy teams can be safely drafted and finalized.  Real, honest assessments of players, rosters and betting odds can begin in earnest. For those of us with rooting interests in the AFC North, which has…

Here’s the latest from AFC North camps.  Enjoy!   An old concern for the Browns rears its ugly head. Perhaps the Browns can pry Kaare Vedvik out of Canada.  Or Phil Dawson out of retirement.   Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase is concerned for his safety. Guessing this happens far more often than is reported, for…