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GBMelBlount
08-30-2016, 06:28 AM
Most significant changes from 2015
Standing out as perhaps the league's most consistent division over the past half-decade, the AFC North -- beyond a constantly churning Browns franchise -- marches into this season with plenty of familiar faces. The Steelers, Bengals and Ravens all have retained their longtime head coaches and starting quarterbacks. Cleveland, meanwhile, is starting over again with offensive-minded coach Hue Jackson angling to turn Robert Griffin III back into a starting quarterback. The Browns will continue to face growing pains in a division armed with two Super Bowl contenders and a Ravens club that wouldn't shock anyone if it returned to the playoffs.

Pittsburgh's high-ceiling offense will go through 2016 without the services of suspended wideout Martavis Bryant, while all-world running back Le'Veon Bell will serve a three-game ban to start the year. The latter looked good running and cutting in last weekend's long-awaited return to the field. In Cincinnati, losing Hue Jackson as the team's offensive coordinator puts Andy Dalton back in the spotlight. Can he still play at the MVP level he operated at for much of last season? Can Bengals rookie wideout Tyler Boyd make up for the loss of Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu? The Ravens have put last year's injury-plagued disaster behind them, but Baltimore's roster can't match what the balanced Steelers and Bengals bring to the table.....

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