HBO and NFL Films Announce "Hard Knocks: In Season with the AFC North"

For the first time ever, television's most acclaimed sports documentary franchise will chronicle an entire NFL division with "Hard Knocks: In Season with the AFC North," debuting Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and available to stream on Max. New episodes, featuring the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, will premiere on subsequent Tuesdays through the end of the NFL regular season and continue into the NFL playoffs in January 2025.

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I now wonder if scheduling 6 of the Steelers' divisional games in the last 8 weeks was done intentionally with this in mind?

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Originally Posted by hawaiiansteeler

I now wonder if scheduling 6 of the Steelers' divisional games in the last 8 weeks was done intentionally with this in mind?

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I can’t wait to watch it. I find it funny that some of the sites are complaining that it’s a distraction when there are cameras and media videos constantly anyway. It’s no different than any other “work day”…

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Originally Posted by 86WARD

I can’t wait to watch it. I find it funny that some of the sites are complaining that it’s a distraction when there are cameras and media videos constantly anyway. It’s no different than any other “work day”…

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I think it was a distraction when it first started because it was so new. Plus, you didn't have access to players through social media like you do today. I see no reason why it would be a distraction now. It doesn't debut until the season is almost over if I remember correctly. By that point, there have been all kinds of other distractions for most teams. I honestly forget the show is still on.

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Originally Posted by hawaiiansteeler

I now wonder if scheduling 6 of the Steelers' divisional games in the last 8 weeks was done intentionally with this in mind?

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I don't know, but frankly, I wish they'd take the two games they play against conference teams (the two that are not in the division they play against for the season) and the third additional game that is now on the schedule, and make them all divisional games. That way, each team faces their division once in the early part of the schedule. Then, they separate only to come into the last third of the schedule and beat the crap out of each other to make it to the playoffs.

Of course, in today's NFL, that probably wouldn't go over well. But could you imagine the third game between the Ravens and Steelers fifteen, eighteen years ago if that were the schedule?

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Originally Posted by Craic

I don't know, but frankly, I wish they'd take the two games they play against conference teams (the two that are not in the division they play against for the season) and the third additional game that is now on the schedule, and make them all divisional games. That way, each team faces their division once in the early part of the schedule. Then, they separate only to come into the last third of the schedule and beat the crap out of each other to make it to the playoffs.

Of course, in today's NFL, that probably wouldn't go over well. But could you imagine the third game between the Ravens and Steelers fifteen, eighteen years ago if that were the schedule?

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What they should do is just go one game against every team in the conference and two/three in the opposing conference. No divisions and then there’s no issues with teams making or not making the playoffs. There’s almost no need for the whole silly tiebreaker aspect of the league either. Almost zero…