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Predicting every AFC North game
After sending three teams to the playoffs a year ago, the AFC North is once again as wide open as any division in football. If they can avoid the injuries that doomed their playoff run a year ago, the Ravens are positioned to be one of the best teams in football, and they're getting the preseason hype to match that billing. The Steelers have questions to answer on defense before their chances of repeating as division champs can be taken seriously, while the Bengals have their eyes on a fifth consecutive playoff berth—but after that, nothing is certain as long as Andy Dalton is under center. In Cleveland, the Browns have a new veteran ahead of Johnny Manziel in the quarterback pecking order, but does Josh McCown have the firepower to hang with the division's other prolific offenses?
Greg Bedard has predicted the outcome of every single game of the NFL regular season. Below are his picks for the AFC North.
• FARRAR: AFC North preview—Expect a close fight in top-heavy division
Baltimore Ravens
Week 1
Loss
Sept. 13
at Denver Broncos
Week 2
Win
Sept. 20
at Oakland Raiders
Week 3
Loss
Sept. 27
vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 4
Win
Oct. 4
at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 5
Win
Oct. 11
vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 6
Win
Oct. 18
at San Francisco 49ers
Week 7
Win
Oct. 26
at Arizona Cardinals
Week 8
Win
Nov. 1
vs. San Diego Chargers
Week 10
Win
Nov. 15
vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 11
Win
Nov. 22
vs. St. Louis Rams
Week 12
Win
Nov. 30
at Cleveland Browns
Week 13
Loss
Dec. 6
at Miami Dolphins
Week 14
Loss
Dec. 13
vs. Seattle Seahawks
Week 15
Win
Dec. 20
vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 16
Win
Dec. 27
vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 17
Loss
Jan. 3
at Cincinnati Bengals
Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 1
Loss
Sept. 10
at New England Patriots
Week 2
Win
Sept. 20
vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 3
Loss
Sept. 27
at St. Louis Rams
Week 4
Loss
Oct. 1
vs. Baltimore Ravens
Week 5
Win
Oct. 12
at San Diego Chargers
Week 6
Win
Oct. 18
vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week 7
Win
Oct. 26
at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 8
Win
Nov. 1
vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 9
Win
Nov. 8
vs. Oakland Raiders
Week 10
Win
Nov. 15
vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 12
Loss
Nov. 29
at Seattle Seahawks
Week 13
Win
Dec. 6
vs. Indianapolis Colts
Week 14
Loss
Dec. 13
at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 15
Win
Dec. 20
vs. Denver Broncos
Week 16
Loss
Dec. 27
at Baltimore Ravens
Week 17
Loss
Jan. 3
at Cleveland Browns
Cincinnati Bengals
Week 1
Loss
Sept. 13
at Oakland Raiders
Week 2
Loss
Sept. 20
vs. San Diego Chargers
Week 3
Win
Sept. 27
at Baltimore Ravens
Week 4
Loss
Oct. 4
vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 5
Loss
Oct. 11
vs. Seattle Seahawks
Week 6
Win
Oct. 18
at Buffalo Bills
Week 8
Loss
Nov. 1
at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 9
Win
Nov. 5
vs. Cleveland Browns
Week 10
Loss
Nov. 16
at Houston Texans
Week 11
Win
Nov. 22
at Arizona Cardinals
Week 12
Loss
Nov. 29
vs. St. Louis Rams
Week 13
Loss
Dec. 6
at Cleveland Browns
Week 14
Win
Dec. 13
vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 15
Loss
Dec. 20
at San Francisco 49ers
Week 16
Loss
Dec. 28
at Denver Broncos
Week 17
Win
Jan. 3
vs. Baltimore Ravens
Cleveland Browns
Week 1
Win
Sept. 13
at New York Jets
Week 2
Win
Sept. 20
vs. Tennessee Titans
Week 3
Win
Sept. 27
vs. Oakland Raiders
Week 4
Loss
Oct. 4
at San Diego Chargers
Week 5
Loss
Oct. 11
at Baltimore Ravens
Week 6
Loss
Oct. 18
vs. Denver Broncos
Week 7
Loss
Oct. 25
at St. Louis Rams
Week 8
Win
Nov. 1
vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week 9
Loss
Nov. 5
at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 10
Loss
Nov. 15
at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 12
Loss
Nov. 30
vs. Baltimore Ravens
Week 13
Win
Dec. 6
vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Week 14
Loss
Dec. 13
vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week 15
Loss
Dec. 20
at Seattle Seahawks
Week 16
Loss
Dec. 27
at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 17
Win
Jan. 3
vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Greg Bedard is a senior NFL writer who covered the Patriots, Packers and Dolphins as a newspaper beat writer and wrote a weekly column for The MMQB before joining SI as a senior NFL writer in 2015.