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AFC North Preview, Week 9: Potential clarity

With eight weeks of the regular season now in the books, some clarity may be taking shape in the AFC North. Only two teams from the division will play this week as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns both enjoy bye weeks.

The Baltimore Ravens stitched together their first two-game win streak of the season with a 27-22 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 8 to improve to 5-3. The Ravens will now head to New Orleans to face the Saints on Monday Night Football as 2.5-point favorites.

Baltimore was one of many teams to make a move ahead of the NFL trade deadline this week as they acquired two-time All-Pro linebacker Roquan Smith from the Chicago Bears in exchange for a second and fifth-round pick as well as linebacker A.