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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…

Camps have been relatively quiet for our teams. No news of blockbuster signings, although there have been a few depth pieces added here and there.  No news of any serious injuries (knocks on several wooden objects). So, naturally, there’s not much to report.  To keep this “article” relatively current, here’s some links.   Ravens FB…

Well.  Here we are again. I guess my writing hiatus, such as it was, is officially over.  I’ll probably stick to last season’s routine of posting a Tuesday roundup piece, and adding more when consequential stuff is happening. In the last few months, I’ve learned that throwing up a few topical links in lieu of…

If we can get two weeks out of this board, NFL training camps will be open and we’ll finally have football and football-related topics to discuss. Meanwhile, this is the best we have.  Deal with it.   https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/art-modell-pro-football-hall-of-fame-semifinalists-2023   https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/pro/browns/2023/07/13/cleveland-browns-nfl-training-camp-position-preview-david-njokus-breakthrough-start-tight-ends/70377078007/   https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/alex-highsmith-still-confident-about-landing-contract-extension   https://www.cleveland.com/bengals/2023/07/is-trey-hendrickson-the-most-undervalued-bengal-bengals-top-25-for-2023.html  

Hey Keal, can you change our banner?  Baker Mayfield’s old, shitty news in the AFCN these days.  I’m getting requests for hot cheerleader pics, but barring that, some sort of current AFCN player will do. Meanwhile, here’s AFC North news and stuff.  I’ll be back to writing about football and football-related topics as soon as…