Predicting everything about the AFC North in 2023 

The nighttime city skyline in this episode is beautiful. Love that aesthetic. Don’t care if it was intentional. Highly suggest shooting more night vids if possible

By far the best division in the sport… you could tell me any of the 4 teams won the division and I would go “Ohh okay I could see it, that’s not unrealistic”

Myles Garret disrespect is bananas

“Brought to you by the power of procrastination” is a goated intro line

You know the division’s loaded on offense when the best RB in the league isn’t OPOY for this division

Loving the file name title

Love the content EJ and Brett. They're the highlight of my summer when it comes to podcasts/videos.

Man I just want to say I have absolutely been loving the daily uploads. First discovered Brett over a year ago when he did a mock draft with Bengal. I thought I was a knowledgeable fan, but holy shit have I learned so much watching the content.

This whole series of videos is so informative. As a fantasy player it’s hard to learn actual schemes and tendencies of coaches and teams, you hear more of the YPT, RYOE, etc. learning more on the NFL side of things is a great addition to that knowledge, thanks so much!

Super Love the Night backround =) thanks 4 awsome content ..GPG

Amazing episode

I think you should do an mean for the divisional power score rather than sum: This divisions mean is 13.75. So a significant bump over an average mean (16). I find this more meaningful and readable than 55, which can only be compared against other sums

Excellent showcase of the best division in football! I'm excited to watch

It’s amazing you guys talked about the AFC North without mentioning Myles Garrett or Nick Chubb once. That’s actually just an impressive feat.

When we had the 4 division winners and 2 wild cards it seemed like 3 of the 6 were the AFC north every other year all last decade

I don’t know about you guys, but I love the night setting. It looks awesome!!

YESSS BRETT LESSGO DJ GOT ON THERE. That man is FREAKING INSANE

And interesting stat I wanna see is inside run defense EPA with reader on the field vs reader off the field, maybe that's something you can talk about with Dexter Lawrence or Vita vea

Look at that view man, good for you Brett

I think you should have had a bit more focus on how ridiculously good baltimores defense was when Roquan Smith came over. Now that he's going to have a full off-season with the team, hes going to be lights out. With the addition of a healthy David Ojabo, i think they are going to be hard to play against

The problem with this division is if all the teams improve it just means that they will beat the crap out of each other more than usual which they normally beat the crap out of each other anyway 😂

EJ and Brett dont miss.. 💯

Thank y’all for ur great work! lovin the series as always

I agree the AFC North is the most physical division in all of the NFL. Teams within that division must be a complete team to win that division. You must be able to stop the run,while also being able to put pressure on the opposing QB. You must be able to cover the deep ball,because there is good QB play within the division. On the offensive side you must be able to run the ball,weather plays a big part in this division late in the year. You must have a QB that can throw the ball down the field and stretch the defense as well. Teams within that division must have elite WR’s to be able to win games late down the stretch. If you can win the AFC North Division,you have a team that can win the Super Bowl. That’s how good this division is from top to bottom. I think Orlando Brown Jr was the best FA signing in this division. It makes the Bengals O line even better than what they was last year. We saw how good the Bengals O line was the second half of the season. They played like a top 10 offensive line down the stretch,it started to click once they gelled after the bye week. I actually thought the Bengals would make the Super Bowl again last season until the injuries on the O line piled up late in the season. They lost both starting tackles in Jonah Williams and La’ell Collins. Then they lost their best guard in Alex Cappa. Losing those key players on the O line cost them another Super Bowl appearance. Now that they signed Orlando Brown and have quality depth on the O line,I think the Bengals are primed to make another Super Bowl run this year.

The AFC North is going to be the best division is football in 2023.

As a Steelers fan, hayden Hurst, i thought was integral, but under utilized. Seeing him twice, he'd make key plays to move the chains in key situations most of the time the ball came his way. Big and hard to tackle. It surprised me they let him go. He seemed good in general vs the division.

LESSGO ZAC IS ON THERE TOO! WHO DEYYYYY 🐅🐅🐅🐅

Man that butcher box advert had me drooling 🤤

The only thing we can predict is that whatever we predict is probably gonna be wrong

We need more cat content. I luv kitty

Your cat is so cute

DJ Reader? Does he know who the defensive end is for the Browns? I think that guy is pretty good.

I’m from Louisiana and had no idea what dirty rice was lol apparently it’s just, what we call, rice dressing.

Joe burrow is 24-17-1. Lamar is 45-16... and we know how good the bengals WR corps are, and how bad lamars has been... and now lamar has weapons? Idk about this

You guys are sleeping on the Ravens Bengals matchups. In the Wild Card round, the Ravens were enforcers, and played a brand of football the Bengals could not match.(With Lamar out). After the game Bengals players were mad about it and even complained about dirty play to the media. In game you saw Chase, Higgins, and Mixon shrink. They were not about that life. Out-gained and outplayed by 121 yards vs the Tyler Huntley, Demarcus Robinson led passing attack. Macdonald schemes up Burrow very well in all 3 matchups: Only 641 yards, 3 TDs, and 1 INT, with a YPA of just 5.9. 8 sacks, 1 fumble lost Allowing just 17, 20, and 17 points (excluding 2 defensive TDs allowed by Brown/Huntley) For some reason Burrow is forced into the quick passing game, and never takes risks downfield. Chase will catch 8 quick passes for 80 yards, and the others are barely involved. You expect drastic improvement in the Ravens offense, yet they were only 1 play away from being 2-1, with Lamar out for 2 of the 3 matchups. While in other loss the Ravens starters sat out and Cincy was a full go. If Lamar is healthy the 2023 Ravens take back the North.

Does Waston really have to play out of his mind for the Browns to make the playoffs? I don't think so, I think the Browns are underrated and if Watson is serviceable they will win 10 games at least

😂Seriously! Yall overlooking Myles Garrett?

Took me until 18:30 or so to notice the kitty cat! 🥰

Harbaugh only had losing seasons when his starting QB missed a good chunk of the season. Once Flacco and once Lamar Jackson.

I love reading comments on videos like this, people are STILL scrambling trying to cope over the Bengals being good 😂

props to the DJ reader shoutout

They lost me when they said Sidney Jones as most impactful addition. 😂😂

Bengals coming for that THREE-PEAT!

Y’all sleeping on George Pickens

Love the podcast, love this series but I hate to disagree but the Ravens draft will prove to be the best in the division. Look back at every EDC pick and not only will you find plenty of quality players but not all of them were flashy but they all worked out. And to end with some of the potential that they did with as few of picks they had is the definition of maximizing your picks IMO. I just hope you look back in March and again in 2 years and revisit your opinion of a weak draft.

You all just keep sleeping on pickett. Burrow was the only one rated higher than pickett for big time throws in the 2nd half of the season, and it wasnt by much. He wont have the huge numbers because he will probably only throw it around 450 to 500 times not 600 or 700 like these other guys. If his yards per attempt are at 7 then that puts him at 3500 or 3600 yards. Looking at just numers is BS. Steelers want to run the ball. Pickett has already shown he can make throws when he has too as evidenced in the raiders and ravens games in back to back weeks with the playoffs still in sight. Keep sleeping on pickett.

Do you think JK dobbins will actually become a legitimate back? He doesn't have to be Chubb or Henry but more like eitenne or the way Pollard should be used. I'd like to see him get 15 to 20 carries which should be half or slightly more of the total carries. Lamar get 8. Then Edwards and hill split the other 15 to 20

Tomlin went 2-6 between and ended up 9-8 with a rookie QB and Harbs gets the nod for going 3-3 without Lamar getting Cancun'd in the wildcard? 😂 Yeah sure.

Power score?

cool

im a Ravens fan. I wouldn't even be surprised if 3 teams make the playoffs lol. ppl always say that the AFCN is the "hood" of football and i believe it 😂

Strong Divi but woo building cinnt son the division

No mention of Orlando Brown Jr as best FA is pretty surprising

I’m sorry but B mores defense have the Bengals number, if Lamar had been there would have been a different out come. Burrow was obviously relieved when there defense scored

Can wait to see Joey Porter Jr get turned around by Zay Flowers over and over again. They will be talking different after this season.

Even you could not predict what happened today. 3 Teams in post Season and all 4 … ALL 4 of them above .500. I am curious how the powerranking will look like, but this must show up in the numbers. Steelers was a thin line, but who had thought, Mason would save it? Flaco? Really? Ravens No. 1 this dominant and Lamar throws?!?! So Tomlin 17 … seventeen!!! … seasons non loosing record, looking „normal“? This is not normal!!! This Division lived up to and above all predictions. Sportsman congratulations to all of the teams, even being Steelers Fan, I tip on my hat to all 3 competitors, this season was special and to make it this, you have to have these great organizations within. Competition drives you to your very best, that was AFC north 23 and will stay in history books for a long time. #appreciation to #bengals #ravens #browns and my beloved #steelers.

One year doesn’t dictate the next but the Ravens held a lead with under 2min in the 4th quarter in 14 of 17 games played last year. Despite dealing with injuries and backup QB play, the Ravens were literally 1 play away in each game from being a 14-15 win team in 2022. I think everyone would agree that the Ravens improved their roster from last season, if for no other reason than improved health. If they can indeed stay healthy this year it could be scary hours for everyone outside of Baltimore 😈😈😈

Someone should tell Joey Porter Jr is allowed to catch the ball on defense. I don’t think he knows.

The reason you won't see all 4 divisional teams in the playoffs is because they have to play each other. Maybe see 3 of the teams in the playoffs if they all beat up on the other team (browns) because they are the browns.

Lael is coming off an acl tear and he probably won’t be back until at least week 6

“Gotta talk about the Browns here at some point.” Nah it’s okay

I think it was Brett that doesn't know why or how would jonah start at rt. Jonah will probably start. Not a big jonah guy but he's better than people give him credit for and last year he dislocated both his knees and played threw it and before last year he was better than that. Lc probably won't be ready to start the season coming off a acl. Jackson Carmen is another interesting dimension to this as well. Carmen played admirable at lt last year in the playoffs and he looks in really good shape for the first time in his career. I don't know if I could see them not starting jonah at 12.6 mil guaranteed this year, my gut tells me they would trade him before they would do that but if they keep lc and jonah its kinda Goin all in on the line. One thing lc is heavily incentived to play games because he only gets payed if he plays mostly. It's the way his contract is constructed so in theory they could keep both but it would be kinda pricey. Just my thoughts and info. Great info for u guys as well.

the best of seasons in the afc north. ravens and steelers I do not see any team winning out in the division. the browns have added good players but always find was to lose

The last 2 years in the North saw the Ravens, Steelers and Browns play with a ton of injuries and uncertainty at the QB position, while the Bengals were basically the picture of good health and stability. Despite this fact, the Bengals struggled to win the North each year. Now that Ravens, Browns and Steelers seem completely healthy and stable at the QB position it’ll be interesting to see just how well the Bengals stack up in this division.

Kitty cat ❤

confused about choosing dj Reeder when roquan is right there and he's probably top 15 defensive player caliber than dj

Between Porter Surtain and Winfield who's more likely to surpass their father's legacy, I guess you can throw in Asante Samuel too but he isn't on pace to at this point I hope he breaks out this year tho

Let's be real.. it's three brothers and the stepchild (the brownies)

I struggle with the Steelers. Most Steelers fans hate Matt Canada and without an elite offensive weapon for Kenny Pickett to rely on don't see how this team is going to keep up in a loaded AFC conference.

Jamarr Chase is a middle-class man's Justin Jefferson.

Ratbirds passing game…😆😂🤣😅😂

Of course this division is like four brothers, three teams have claims to the legacy of Paul Brown, then the fourth is a regional rival, with whom familiarity has bred contempt. Put another way, this division is literally a single two team rivalry that has somehow spread to four teams via mitosis.

I disagree Brett Joes accuracy is a difference maker

~vibes~

wait isnt there another dude opposite Za'Darius Smith on the browns thats pretty impactful? a future hall of famer type? maybe a name worth mentioning at some point? idk maybe im just schizophrenic

wait till the north gets a load of the steelers this division is in for a very very rude awakening bring on the pain

Elijah Moore as the best non-draft player addition in the whole division is certainly a take

There is a chance that Wagner taking control of the logistics hub that this is phase 1 of a soon to come more serious plan. Take the hub, supply the remaining troops and get them on Wagner side. Then you make more threats

Cleveland bouta put cinci in a pack 😮‍💨week 1 remember this

I can't wait for the Ravens to spread everyone's eyes wide open this season!!! Ppl been sleeping on us due to injuries and always forget how we led the CONFERENCE each year before Lamar went down!!

I’d love the Steelers to beat the Bengals in the AFC Championship to go to the Super Bowl. We all know the Bengals are just gonna choke anyway.

Ravens are winning this division. Burrow had a total of 3 td"s in 3 games vs the Ravens last year. Let's not forget the only meeting they had with Lamar the Ravens won and both games when Huntley played the Ravens almost won. The Ravens defense gave the Bengals fits all year and I expect that to continue..

When Lamar plays, the Bengals can’t beat the Ravens.

Didn’t watch yet but Ik Texans fan Brett is gonna shit on Watson

If the team I liked picked up Watson, I would quit rooting for them

So the ravens are my favorite team but the ravens is all on how good lamer is and how healthy they are, the bangles don’t have one good safety and almost lose to us but Tyler went highly instead of low with half our roster out so idk if they are better then us and we beat them when both teams where healthy, Steelers I think are over hype party town rn but look at the teams they best and how they won they arnt as good as people think to me but I can see what they are doing but oc will kill there whole season, browns might have one of the best rosters in all of football it’s just hard to say Watson is going to be able to carry them but they have a run game and a really good D so I like that but it’s just can they come together and really work idk but good video boys love to see someone giving love to Harbaugh

How come no one ever talks about Burrows grandpa Simpson knees? Acting like he wouldn't have been out if he'd taken the same hit as Lamar WHICH was due to the worst block I've ever seen by Josh Oliver. That hit would have taken down any qb in the league but Lamar is injury prone right lol

A decent chance the raven win it if lamar hadn't gotten hurt these last 2 years they probably would have tbh

NFC south is always last bro. I get it we trash but cmon

You guys diffently buzzing off your drinks. The only reason the Bengals have won the AFC North was due to Lamar's injuries. No injuries and the Raven are the North Champs...they've led the Conference and the Division the past two years before Lamar's injuries. The Bengals are default champs...😂😂😂

It’s cool keep praising players on every team other than the Ravens it’s fine

I've lived all my 35 years in Toledo Ohio. I grew up a 3rd generation lions fan but being in Ohio have always really enjoyed the AFC north in general and especially the Bengals and ravens. I was the kid who wanted Michigan state or Penn State in the big 10 just to be an asshole to all the OSU and Michigan fans. That university of Toledo win over Michigan was one of the really important sports moments in my life. I liked the browns the least because they were so goddamn boring. At least the lions would suck in entertaining ways. So when people wanted art model dead and then were legitimately happy when he died 15 years later it wasn't the best look. Just like the Packers and cowboys Ohio is full of Steelers fans. And they are far too often an aggressive bad natured bunch. I loved the way the Bengals and ravens ran their organizations. I understand that the ravens team was originally the browns but the new coach (forget his name but was later announcer) really made it work. I love how those organizations give their GM and head coach plenty of time to implement their philosophy. I love owners being level headed. The AFC north is just the most equal division at the moment

Ravens win Super Bowl

People are going to be upset when the Browns win the north

Lamar mvp. I agree Brett

My predictions for the AFC North is. Bengals 13-4 Steelers 11-6 Ravens 10-7 Browns 8-9

Ravens win the North

I think the ravens beat up the afc north this year. They’re defensive unit is only getting stronger. Bengals struggled with us in every game and lost the only one Lamar played. Pickett isn’t as ready as Colin cowherd thinks. And the browns gonna brown until they prove otherwise.

Elijah Moore and Zadarius Smith over Orlando Brown on a super cheap deal 😂

Bengals Browns (if Watson bounces back, they have a better roster than the Ravens) Ravens Steelers (they suck ass)