stillers4me
02-25-2012, 10:57 AM
The lone division in the NFL to send three teams to the playoffs last season will only get stronger.
Ozzie Newsome made that observation about the AFC North, and the Ravens general manager is in a position to know.
"I spend more time (following) the other teams than I do my own team," Newsome said Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine. "There's no doubt (it's stronger) based on what Cincinnati did last year. I have a lot of respect for (Browns president) Mike Holmgren and what they're doing in Cleveland, and us and Pittsburgh, it's always going to be a battle."
The Steelers' place in a division they have won six times since 2000 has come into question given some of the changes they have undergone — and those that inevitably lie ahead for the veteran team.
But if Kevin Colbert is in the midst of a rebuilding job, that apparently is news to the Steelers' general manager................
Read more: Looking forward, AFC North looks tough again next season - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_783541.html#ixzz1nPhia9lv) http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_783541.html#ixzz1nPhia9lv
Ozzie Newsome made that observation about the AFC North, and the Ravens general manager is in a position to know.
"I spend more time (following) the other teams than I do my own team," Newsome said Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine. "There's no doubt (it's stronger) based on what Cincinnati did last year. I have a lot of respect for (Browns president) Mike Holmgren and what they're doing in Cleveland, and us and Pittsburgh, it's always going to be a battle."
The Steelers' place in a division they have won six times since 2000 has come into question given some of the changes they have undergone — and those that inevitably lie ahead for the veteran team.
But if Kevin Colbert is in the midst of a rebuilding job, that apparently is news to the Steelers' general manager................
Read more: Looking forward, AFC North looks tough again next season - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_783541.html#ixzz1nPhia9lv) http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_783541.html#ixzz1nPhia9lv