Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com previews AFC North 2020 with Scott Reichel and Scott Steehn.
NFL AFC North Division
Thu 9/10 8:25PM odds from 5 Dimes
Baltimore Ravens, -175
Lamar Jackson off career year
Unless they have track record of Russell Wilson, Aaron Rogers, or Tom Brady, will definitely bet on regression
Not the passer of Mahomes
Several pending free agents on defense
Matthew Judon
Michael Pierce
Jimmy Smith
Brandon Carr
Patrick Onwuasor
Need to improve pass rush
OL weak
Need another WR to compliment Marquise “Hollywood” Brown
Draft is deep at WR
Deep at RB
Pittsburgh Steelers, +310
Tomlin great job without Triplets
Added TE Eric Ebron
Roethlisberger works well with TE
Pittsburgh will lose DT Javon Hargrave, who had four sacks in 2019
Ageing OL protecting ageing QB
Likely to grab WR to maximize Benji’s final year or two
JuJu Smith-Shuster
Several close losses last year
Cleveland Browns, +550
Browns were everyone’s chic breakout team with Baker Mayfield
Many sportsbooks admitted if Browns won SB they’d take a bath
With Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt, among best 1-2 punches in NFL
TE Austin Hooper a massive addition
With David Njoku great 1-2 TE punch
Hope Myles Garrett plays whole season on defense
WR Odell Beckham Jr.
New HC Kevin Stefanski
Cincinnati Bengals, +3400
A.J. Green is back
Likely draft Joe Burrow, definitely upgrade from Andy Dalton
Joe Mixon at RB
Physical
Defense, despite spending so much time on field, got stronger
Zac Taylor with year under his belt
2019 first-rounder OLT Johan Williams returns to health
Still OL is a weakness they will likely address in draft
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