Around the AFC North: Week Six

Fresh off the bye week, the Cleveland Browns return to action in Week Six to host the undefeated San Francisco 49ers.

Down quarterback, Deshaun Watson, veteran guard Joel Bitonio and several other players who are hobbled heading into Sunday, Cleveland has an uphill battle to topple one of the league's top teams.

While the Browns look to pull of that feat, other members of their division will be in the thick of their own Week Six matchups. The Pittsburgh Steelers, however, trade places with Cleveland and will be on a bye.

Baltimore Ravens (3-2) @ Tennessee Tians (2-3) - 1 p.m., Sunday

Browns fans have the Steelers to thank for keeping Baltimore from having a massive lead in the division with that ugly 17-10 win last week. Now the Ravens take their show to Nashville to take on a meddling Titans team.

As Browns fans know from the teams Week Three meeting with the Titans, they're vulnerable in the secondary, which makes for an interesting matchup between these two teams because Lamar Jackson and the Ravens are still a work in progress as a passing offense. Under new offensive coordinator Todd Monken, Baltimore is a bottom 10 passing team in the league.

Perhaps this is a chance for that group to get right and take off. One thing is of sure though, even if the Ravens are a 4.5-point road favorite, they can't take Tennessee lightly. Mike Vrabel's team always plays tough.

Seattle Seahawks (3-1) @ Cincinnati Bengals (2-3) - 1 p.m., Sunday

The Bengals will look to continue getting fat and rich off of the NFC West. They're 2-0 against those teams at the moment – accounting for their only wins so far this season.

What may be troublesome for the rest of the division is that Joe Burrow looked much more like himself against the Arizona Cardinals. Burrow was just a cool 36-of-46, for 317 yards and three touchdowns in the win. No big deal or anything that the back-to-back defending division champions may have their quarterback back to being one of the best in the league, right?

The Bengals need to start stacking some AFC wins, but if they get back to .500 after the 0-2 start to the season, they'll be well positioned to make another run at the division.

Cincinnati may not be in the Browns rearview mirror much longer.