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25:30 Watson hasn’t been “old Watson” but to say you haven’t seen him resemble that just means you haven’t watched. vs Tennessee he was throwing it around the yard, @Bmore he used his legs and was 14-14 in the second half. Deep passes vs AZ. Used his legs vs Cincy. He has to be consistent on the field and consistently on the field but to say you haven’t seen it is not true

AQ do you hear "Tomlin went .500" from any Steelers fan? Now you hear it ALOT from everyone else, but pay attention to who actually saying that statistic. Wining the division, playoff wins and super bowls. That's a successful season.

Pittsburgh has more talent than people think. They got 2 running backs and a couple good pass catchers with Pickens and Freirmouth.

How are the bengals going to have the same record as they did last year or worse when they had a backup quarterback in for half the season. Joe burrow is back, the defense has been improved, and they’re playing a last place schedule. Make it make sense.

These guys only seem like they only watch highlights these mfs made no good points this is my first and last time watching this show sad that these pros cnt understand simple football‼️

Pickens had over 1000 with Pickett.

The AFC North was the only division in the NFL where all 4 teams were above .500 since 1932. It wouldn’t be far fetched for the division to send 3 teams to the playoffs. We did it last year. SMH Gruden is super stupid, but I forgot who his dad was.

Im gonna save this video and come back mid season and talk hella shit about Shipley and Gruden's ass

Did Justin Pugh just say he wouldn't pay a 2 time MVP at the age of 27 a lot of money lol? Great insights, no stupid hot takes, just pure football dialogue...subscribed 🎯

Mike Tomlin goes to the playoffs with bad QB play....😂 it seems that Pittsburgh has upgraded the QB position...if this turns out to be true, the Steelers will win the afc north! Pittsburgh has a really good roster 👍

All 4 of these guys came off very unknownledgable. When talking about the Bengals most of the stuff they said was wrong, it's like they watched one bad game and that's it. The Bengals stopped running wide zone last year and ran duo and power. Also the Bengals ran quick game last year bc they saw the most two high boxes and couldn't attack deep like they did in 21-22. These guys basically took notes on all four teams the last time they saw them, ravens in the playoffs, guess that's the ravens next year. Bengals the first two weeks when Burrow was hurt. The browns Watson of two years ago. The Steelers all there past success is doing a lot of heavy lifting on this show. These guys watched ESPN highlights this off-season and that's all they did.

Honestly tired of the browns hate, not even hate it’s just the lack of appreciation for what the team is doing, they took no time to realize the games Deshaun showed glimpses of Houston also talked about none of the off season moves the key players from last years defense is back, more offensive weapons and defensive weapons in the draft. This is not the same browns team we’ve seen in the past the media will push the narrative that we’re the worst team in the NFL and thats not true.

Steelers made the playoffs with Rudolph and Pickett😂😂😂

Deshaun beat the ravens from behind with 1 shoulder but he hasn’t shown anything for the browns. He was 5-1 before he got injured

I don’t know how AQ Shipley thinks the Browns won’t be able to compete in the North. Most of the defense is returning.

I’m shocked that these former players and coaches sound so dumb and ill advised regarding the actual topic. AFC sent 3 teams to the playoffs last year! Regardless of who you root for, if you love and KNOW football how can you argue that the AFC is not the best division in football. It’s not even close!! No division is even comparable to this division

You can’t just sit there and blame Lamar for playing bad. That Chiefs defense was pretty legendary with what they were doing towards the end of the season.

i just stumbled on this channel. i feel like this is REAL football analysis and conversation, no bias and media hype agenda nonsense, just objectivity; fair praise and fair doubt. i dig this.

Jay Gruden is 35-49-1 as a head coach in the regular season so I wouldn’t take what he says to serious lol.

I can’t wait for George Pickens to go off this season 1500 yards and 6 touchdowns now that he actually has someone that can get him the ball and I hope he makes you guys eat your words don’t doubt my man

Pittsburgh is (on paper) remarkably better than last year and went 10-7 with 3 bums playing QB in one of the worst coordinated offenses of all time. Pickens literally had over 1000 yards last year with them. What the actual hell are these clowns talking about 😂😂

One thing about the Ravens. And I do think they are a solid team. Their biggest foe is the AFC North itself. By that I mean, of the 4 losses they had last season, 3 of those came from 1 loss to the Browns, and 2 from the (couldn't get anything going on the offense) Steelers. If the Browns, Bengals, and Steelers inprove from last year, the Ravens could have a tough time at it.

Just as a browns fan and maybe I’m biased towards the AFC North but all these teams could make runs. Ravens are stacked and adding Henry is huge, I think they will be able to keep him fresher, Bengals gotta hope the tackles play well so burrow can stay healthy but Burton is a little monster if he can keep his head on straight, Steelers defense is still great and I think just having a veteran at QB will be big for them and having QBs that can take deep shots to Pickens to keep defenses honest. Also think Arthur smith is the biggest addition for them. Retooled offensive line with rookies so if they play well that is a huge upgrade. And then for my brownies I think the Browns “leaking” defense at the end of the season was more due to be decimated by injuries. Watson is the questions mark but even with him playing poorly we were 4-1 or 5-1 I believe. They brought in an offensive coordinator Dorsey who worked with Cam newton and Josh Allen to incorporate more spread which they didn’t mention at all. Not to mention this division is the best in part because all 4 have good coaches too. Gonna be a fun season!

I disagree with their aspect of the Browns Pugh was right they have playmakers they made the playoffs with 39 year old Joe Flacco. Cooper, Njoku and the best oline when healthy. Now Deshaun has to be consistent. New OC now and we added Jeudy and most of the defense returning. This team should finish at least 3rd in the division with a sneaky wildcard. It rides with Deshaun but Pugh got it right if he shows half of what he did in Houston this team will be scary

Fields hasn’t done a single thing to demonstrate that he’s even franchise QB material, let alone good enough to unseat a guy like Russ. *Justin Fields’s 3-Year Career Stats (advantaged metrics in boldface* Pass attempts: 958 Pass completions: 578 Completion%: 60.3% TD-INT: 40-30 Passing yards: 6,674 Passer rating: 82.3 *Rushing yards: 2,220* (vs. 1,327) *Rushing yards/yr: 740* (vs. 442) *Rushing TDs: 14* (vs. 7) *Rushing attempts: 356* (vs. 245.5) *Rushing y/a: 6.2* (vs. 5.4) Sacks: 135 Sacks/yr: 45 Yards lost: 908 Yards lost per sack: 6.7 Fumbles: 38 (11 Lost) On pace for 152 fumbles over 12 seasons with 44 lost. Career 4th quarter passer rating: 53 _______________________________________________ *Russ’s average over a 3-year period (based on his career statistics. Advantaged metrics in boldface)* *Pass attempts: 1,416* (vs. 958) *Pass completions: 917* (vs. 578) *Completion%: 64.7%* (vs. 60.3%) *TD-INT: 84-26* (vs. 40-30) *Passing yards: 10,913* (vs. 6,674) *Passer rating: 100.0* (vs. 82.3) Rushing yards: 1,327 Rushing yards/yr: 442 Rushing TDs: 7 Rushing attempts: 245.25 Rushing Y/A: 5.4 *Sacks: 132* (vs. 135) *Sacks/yr: 44* (vs. 45) *Yards lost: 866* (vs. 908) *Yards lost per sack: 6.5* (vs. 6.7) *Fumbles: 25.75 (8 Lost)* (vs 38 w/11 lost) *Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104* (vs. 53) Fields has a slight advantage in rushing. Russ is superior in every other department. That small rushing advantage isn’t nearly enough to compensate for Russ’s superiority as a passer, especially if we discuss 4th quarter metrics. If wediscount Russ’s Denver years, Russ’s 3-year average stats would be better than Fields’s by an even larger margin, even if we include two injury years in Seattle (2016 and 2021) that produced outlier statistics. While both take a lot of sacks, Russ has taken them due to bad/inconsistent O-Lines and pure stubbornness on his part. Fields takes them more because he isn’t a great reader of defenses. His O-Lines have been better than Russ’s. _______________________________________________ *Russ’s Career Statistics* Pass attempts: 5,665 Pass completions: 3,668 Completion%: 64.7% TD-INT: 334-106 Passing yards: 43,653 Passer rating: 100.0 Rushing yards: 5,307 Rushing yards/yr: 442 Rushing TDs: 29 Rushing attempts: 981 Rushing y/a: 5.4 Sacks: 527 Sacks/yr: 43.9 Yards lost: 3,464 Yards lost per sack: 6.57 Fumbles: 103 (32 Lost) Career 4th quarter passer rating: 104 *Keep in mind that Russ’s career statistics include two subpar years in Denver.* Both years skew Russ’s stats negatively, especially 2022, when he threw just 16 TD passes and missed two games.

These guys obviously do not watch Cleveland. Cleveland had many keys starters hurt and won 11 games. How do you have more confidence in Pittsburg than Cleveland. Mind blowing. Btw I can give a game where watson was good, against the ravens and even the titans

9-8 narrative is so tired for the steelers they've gone it exactly 1 time

What “upside” does Fields have that Russ doesn’t? Is it two SBs and having two more appearances blown by his defense? Is it being in MVP conversations for 9 years straight? Is it being the second-winningest QB over an entire decade to arguably the greatest QB to ever play the game. Is it breaking more records than Mothers Against Rap? Is it having the 4th-highest career passer rating in NFL history? Is it having the most efficient December passing stats in NFL history? Is it averaging 3,000+ yards passing, 500+ yards rushing, and 65%+ completion% for his first 8 years? Is it having the highest career 4th quarter passer rating ever, and the highest career passer rating on passes of 20+ and 30+ yards? Is it having more game-winning drives than any QB in NFL history for 9.5 seasons, being the fastest QB to 100 wins in NFL history. Is it being the first QB since Michael Vick to pass for 3,000 yards and 500+ yards in a season? I could go on and on about the stuff Russ has done, but the guy owns more records and distinctions than anyone in the league outside of Aaron Rodgers, and has broken multiple of Rodgers’s records! When you regurgitate narratives you had better have evidence to support them. Justin Fields doesn’t have more “upside” than Russ. He simply has THE POSSIBILITY of playing more years because he’s younger. Those are two very different things. If I had to bet on whether the greatness of Fields’s next 10 years would exceed the greatness of Russ’s next 5, I’ll bet on Russ’s next 5, and I wouldn’t even blink before doing it. Russ can still go to new heights over the next 4-5 years. He’s 35, not 45. Justin fields + Russell Wilson = JustRuss!

😂😂😂 dude, Steelers went 10/7 last season made it to the playoffs with shit QBs. This fool talking about 9/8 this season with Wilson and Fields. They beat the Ravens and the Bengals both times and split with the browns last season. Steelers will win the division this season. The defense is going to hurt QBs in 2024, haters.

I'm pretty sure the last time we saw Watson in any real action, he was beating the Ravens with a bum shoulder. He played a perfect second half.. I don't know how they just gloss over the fact that last year, none of the AFC north teams held a real advantage over the Browns.

“D’uh show me one drive” The fat guys are wrong. Watson had 124 passer rating in game three before he INJURED HIS THROWING SHOULDER. He’s was spectacular against the Ravens in the 2nd half with a HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN AND A BROKEN SHOULDER.

Deshaun literally shit on the ravens at Baltimore, but yeah zero drives to show anything

Tell me you didn’t watch any browns games without telling me 🤣🤣

It’s funny because they think Pickens doesn’t block and and they think he won’t have 1k yards lol

Jay Gruden did not come off very knowledgeable on this video at all. Said the number 1 defense in the NFL was leaking oil and just dismissed the players and the def coordinator? Good take there..lol.

These guys dont watch the browns, yeah the browns lost their offensive coordinator alex van pelt but got an upgrade with ken Dorsey, they lost their O line coach brian Callaghan but got the O line coach from Seattle and assistant O line coach from philly , they improved on offense by getting jeudy and the defense inproved a little with hordan hicks and devin bush , and their defense was " leaking oil" at the end of last season to injuries, Myles played injured , denzel was injured, grant delpit was injured, jaun Thornhill was injured, Maurice Hurst was injured , and the entire O line was injured even having to use 3rd and 4th stringers , no deshaun, no nick chubb, amari cooper got hurt and played with a knicked ankle and Elijah Moore got concussed and we still made the playoffs, if we had atleast 5 or 6 healthy starters in that wildcard game against Houston it would have been a repeat of week 16 when Cleveland blew them out

I’m sick of folks like Gruden’s racist behind with the disrespect to Russell Wilson and his WIFE Ciara! You would think you’ve done enough research, and should pretty much know the man is married. I don’t like him as the QB in Pittsburgh, but that’s no reason for the disrespect.

Watson single handily WON the game in BAL last year while hurt…… but he didn’t do anything last year lmaooooo

Wtf is Gruden taking about? Bengals will be .500? They went 9-8 with a first place schedule and their qb being healthy for essentially like 3 games

Are you guys high? Cincy finishing 500? That's ridiculous! They WILL dominate this division this year! WHO-DEY bitches!

It’s clearly obviously why you’re doing a RU-vid podcast couldn’t make it in football.

Hey Gruden, didn't Watson go to Baltimore and win last season? 14 for 14 in the second half with a broken throwing shoulder? Your view points are invalid saying he did absolutely nothing.

It’s ok we’d rather take the respect

Browns winning the afc north is a crazy statement 😂😂 1989

These guys are mad because adding Russ to the AFCn hurts the chances of Rodgers, Burrow, or Allen getting to the SB.

Cincy writing down all these receipts yall keep talking. I love it. Make this milky show eat crow.

And Nick Chubb gonna blow everybody's mind ........better then ever

I’m not sure the AFC & NFL as a whole is ready for a dominant Browns in the North.

They sleeping on the Bengals I love it

Gruden shows he was just hire based on his brother. Did he not see the throws vs Cin, Ten, Arizon, and Baltimore?

You know the bengals have a new OC and play caller right? To expect the same offense is silly. Joe will be under center much more this year. No chance Bengals go 500. No chance.

Around 500?? This is why y'all are on a podcast and not on a field ANYWHERE 😅😂😅😂

Gruden clearly dosent know shit about the Browns. Watson gonna be dropping babies and dots all over Cleveland

I can't agree that Garrett is the best defensive player in the league... he's not even the best in the division... he won DPOY based on a statistic about almost getting to the QB and TJ had way more responsibilities on and off the line and still led the league in sacks....

Im so used to the hate for my Browns it does even faze me anymore it doesn't matter what we do we still will be the most hated. Im cool with that.

Not enough talent on the team for the Steelers hahaha sure with the highest payed defense in the league that has been Top 10 for a decade and the only running back in the league to hit 1,000 yards his last three seasons consecutively at least bring up an argument for your takes so you don’t sound incompetent

Yea for some reason this gives me jon gruden vibes

The Browns in fact were not their best with Joe Flacco.

Mixon avg'd over 4yrds a carry. Do some research

No Baltimore nor Cincinnati hear we go Steelers

I'm a Bengal fan but these were the worst takes I every heard they were wrong about all 4 teams I'll never watch these guys again 🗑️🚮 takes

Umm the browns and deshawn beat the ravens with a broken shoulder i dont get it

Pittsburgh ain't afraid of ravens we have tj watt and here we go

All AFC North teams have a Top 10 defense and at the end of the day its gonna come down to coaching and offense, so based off that i have the Cleveland Browns in 1st i think all around on offense they have the most complete offense in the AFC North in 2nd i have the Baltimore Ravens Lamar is just a winner when it comes to regular season i think there offense is close with the Bengals but ima give it to the Ravens simply because of the OL, in 3rd i got the Bengals only because i feel like the OL is still questionable, Joe Burrow has dealt with injuries but they went to the Super Bowl a couple years ago and were the only team to beat Mahomes in the playoffs and last but not least in 4th place i have the Steelers only cause Russ is a questionable QB, their OL is terrible and they have the worse WR core out of the whole AFC North ye they have Tomlin but i still think with the new additions and OC they aren’t gonna have everything figured out until almost mid season. So ye let me know what y’all think on this.

I love how everyone hates on Cincy ! .500 record!? Get the F#@k out of here. Cincy will win the North.

The ravens getting Henry isn't a game changer....the ravens were always a good running team. Most teams are hoping the ravens give the ball to Henry...then they don't have to worry about Lamar Jackson

😂😂these guys are talking about old skool players who don't care about contract talks....these new players absolutely care ....Tee Higgins and Brandon Aiuk couldn't care less about showing up in September 🙄 these dudes want to get paid what they're worth! 😂

I cannot wait for the bengals to prove all the haters wrong

Ill bet my house vs the cash equivalent the bengals have more than 6 wins. What a joke while these guys say Josh Allen is 1B with no playoff success

Did Pugh say the bengals will go 6-11? Lol

This is hilarious worried about everyone’s oline except team with three new ones bengals 9-8 playing toughest schedule in league with hobbled or qb browns missing half there cap and pit could start any other qb and they are better on offense

When you’re older football fan. You learn a lot of things.. One of the first things you learn is these Talking Heads have no idea what they’re talking about. they think they do but they don’t. It’s called Dunning Krueger… no one predicted a guy drafted in the sixth round was gonna win seven Super Bowls (Tom Brady) and no one I mean no one can predict what an NFL season will hold. So listening to these guys is laughable.

It just shows the lack of intelligence on these guys, especially Gruden😡 26% of the starting line up (Browns) was on IR and nobody brought that point up and still went to the playoffs with an 11 and 6 record and the 5th seed 🤔

Hey Jay, Pitt owns the Ravens. I can’t wait to see you eat crow !

24:48.. they aren't doing any of that this year...The offense isn't last years offense...hide and watch coach😅

Terrible takes..only guy did their homework was the guy in the grey shirt..AFC NORTH is the toughest division in the NFL..and to say Pittsburgh is going to be ahead of the Browns is crazy..keep that same energy

Bad takes all around imo.

did this dude ask about ravens playoffs, talking about running the FB?????????????? we didnt run the FB in that game, read that script jfc

Lol the browns winning the division...how long has it been since that happened? As long as lamar stays healthy its the ravens to lose!

1st how is Colt McCoy critiquing quarterbacks? He was horrible and who is Jay Gruden? Another Bum 😁

Hook Em! Texas ex!

A player named Shipley made McCoy at Texas and Gruden mishandled him and took away any chance of Shipley recovering from injury by trying to bring him back too quickly. Without Jordan Shipley McCoy doesn't get drafted. AQ Shipley sucks ass. I cannot wait for all of the crow the Bengals are going to dish up but of course these pundits never own up to their crap opinions. Gruden was the worst OC in Bengals history. I know I watched him conduct practices and watched him fail time and time again.

Sean Payton is bad coach like your brother!!!

Im impressed by how justin can have such consistently bad takes. It's like an art form.

I love Gruden’s take tThis is football not Hollywood.. That’s why I’m subscribing because all these other sports shows are BS talking about irrelevant stuff doesn’t matter

25:20 clearly dude didn’t watch any browns game.

That’s right. We will be taking about the ravens in January. They’re gonna be saying “damn! Just like last year the STEELERS sweep the ravens! And with that sweep STEELERS win the division!”

The Browns will win the division. These guys are so far off the mark it is ridiculous. If Watson is average they are a playoff team. If he is top 10 they are in the SB!

Thats a lot of white in one camera frame

These guys are living in the past. Smh

Cleveland will melt as usual

Lamar Jackson should not have won MVP

Garbage take on the Browns.

This was horrible lol….

Is big yo a hater or rasict

Pugh saying the Haslam family has the best financially managed team in the league is easily top 3 dumbest things I've ever heard.

This whole video sucks😂

John is the best!

AQ is still butt hurt😂😂😂

lol we beat them twice. ravens are💩💩💩💩💩💩💩!!!😂😂😂