With all of the star power on the offensive side of the football in the AFC North, particularly in the passing game, somebody has to cover those guys and try to negate the high-flying attacks. Fortunately for the AFC North as a whole, there are quite a few big-name cornerbacks with high-end talent.
There’s Denzel Ward in Cleveland, Marlon Humphrey in Baltimore, Cam Taylor-Britt in Cincinnati and Joey Porter Jr. in Pittsburgh. Those are just the homegrown big-name cornerbacks within the division.
The AFC North also added some big-name free agents at corner this offseason, including Darius Slay with Pittsburgh and most recently Jaire Alexander in Baltimore.