The AFC North standings, as they currently stand, look like this:
Baltimore Ravens: 9-6
Pittsburgh Steelers: 8-6-1
Cleveland Browns: 7-7-1
Cincinnati Bengals: 6-9
This would have sounded absolutely absurd six weeks ago. Allow me to remind you what the standings looked like back then:
Pittsburgh Steelers: 6-2-1
Cincinnati Bengals: 5-4
Baltimore Ravens: 4-5
Cleveland Browns: 2-6-1
The teams at the top and the teams at the bottom have, since then, done nearly the exact opposite of each other. The Bengals have lost five of their last six, and the Steelers have lost four of their last five.