AFC North Race Is in Full Force … Let’s Peek Ahead at Schedule Before Bye
This was a popular sentiment after the Ravens dropped back-to-back games to the Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers by a combined 54 points:
“A week ago, I left the Steelers-Ravens game in Baltimore thinking Pittsburgh would clinch the division by Thanksgiving,” wrote ESPN’s Dan Graziano.
But after 1) the Ravens upset the Raiders in Oakland Sunday, 2) the Steelers were clobbered by the Jaguars, 30-9, with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger throwing five picks, and 3) the Cincinnati Bengals picked up their second-consecutive win, Graziano now writes:
“The AFC North race isn't over yet.