Division Opponents

According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Cincinnati Bengals will start quarterback Ryan Finley coming out of the bye week. At 0-8, the team wants to see what they have in the rookie as they have to make an important decision on whether they need to draft a quarterback with their top pick in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson did everything in leading past the Seattle Seahawks. In no small part because of let downs from his receivers, Jackson had to carry the ball for the bulk of two critical scoring drives that led the Ravens to victory, improving their record to 5-2.

The Baltimore Ravens, currently in first place in the AFC North by two games, made a trade to try to improve their porous defense. The Ravens traded linebacker Kenny Young and a fifth round pick to the Los Angeles Rams for Marcus Peters. The Ravens had traded Kaare Vedvik, a kicker and punter, before the season to the Minnesota Vikings for a fifth round pick.

While getting a win on the road against the Los Angeles Chargers that put them back in the AFC North race, the Pittsburgh Steelers suffered another big loss with a season-ending injury to Stephon Tuitt, who suffered a torn pec in the game.

The Pittburgh Steelers lost a hard fought game to the Baltimore Ravens, which is the difference between finding themselves back in the division race and looking like a lost season. They also lost their quarterback Mason Rudolph in the game with a concussion at least as they now have to take their 1-4 record to play the Los Angeles Chargers on the road.

The Baltimore Ravens got their third win of the season against the Pittsburgh Steelers, moving themselves back into first place in the AFC North, even if it's just temporarily. Nothing about the game was good for the Ravens other than the final result, looking bad on both offense and defense.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have agreed to send a fifth round pick to the Seattle Seahawks for tight end Nick Vannett. It would appear the medical news on Vance McDonald isn't good and the Steelers have opted to make a trade for a cheap, veteran tight end to replace him for what seems like it could be a significant amount of time.

Two teams in the NFL came into this season with potential Super Bowl aspirations as long as their quarterbacks were able to do enough on what are otherwise very talented teams. Mitchell Trubisky's debut for the Chicago Bears was a disaster while Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens get set to take on the Miami Dolphins.