AFC North Standings Predictions | GSMC Football Podcast

all right and we are back here on the gsmc football podcast and for the fourth part of the show we are now going to get into the final two segments here standings predictions so let's get into them so we'll start off with the AFC North and then in the final segment we'll do uh we'll do the AFC South so when it comes to the AFC North of Meen I said over and over again uh this is the best division in football and I think now this is what I got here I got every team finishing with the winning record now I do have the Bengals and the Ravens making the playoffs tomorrow I'll go over my playoff teams um but this is what I got for the division [Music] and I you know for for me when it comes to the Steelers we start with the Steelers now I know they well their offense struggled in the preseason I understand that but you know until proven otherwise with Mike Tomlin as the head coach I'm going to say they somehow still find a way to finish with a winning record and I know Steeler fans are not going to be happy because they want to see more they want to see more it's I was watching the highlights the other night it's been a long time since this team has won a playoff game it's been a long time and they've made the playoffs but they haven't won you know they made it in 2020 in 21 last year but they're one and done and to me the way I have it they're on the outside looking in once again and that's not good enough now it also doesn't help that they play that they play in a tough division the toughest division in football but that's just how I see it right now now last year they did kind of benefit from the Bengals you know and burrow getting hurt because they ended up sweeping the season series with the Bengals and Joe burrow didn't play in either of those games now if burrow does play how do those I mean those games go very differently and the Steelers schedule towards the second half of the year is brutal because they play all these teams right here in their division they play the Chiefs on Christmas they play the Eagles I believe it's a very tough schedule and I don't know why the NFL decided to do that but I do think I'm going to give them that respect they are going to somehow find a way some way somehow to get to nine wins because Mike Tomlin has never finished with a losing record but again that's not good enough for the Steelers Steeler fans are going to be very frustrated we could very well see Russell Wilson and Justin Fields play their fair share of games throughout the year Russell Wilson's at least going to start and then we'll see if they go to Justin fields at some point but I got the Steelers at 9 and eight so uh and being in last place in the division so that's my thoughts on the Steelers then with the Browns like I said when it comes to them I do think Deshawn Watson is going to be inconsistent throughout the year but I do think that the Browns are going to be a good team once again you know they got a very good defense and like I said Deshawn Watson's going to have his moments where he's going to look good and I do think that the Browns are a 10- win team last year they won 11 games with five different starting quarterbacks so you know and this year I got them finishing a game worse than that you know and we'll see you know hopefully Nick chub comes back at some point this year right now he's going to miss the first four games but it's possible that he could come back you know much later in the season um but you know I liked you know the Jerry Judy trade although you know giving him the three-year extension I I don't know I don't know how I felt about that but I like their offense you hope the offensive line could stay healthy because that was a problem last year that was another a group that you know got ravaged by injuries you had the Back Field getting hurt you had the quarterback position and you had the offensive line all deal with injuries and the Browns are kind of hoping that that doesn't happen again but I do think 10 wins is fair for the Browns then for the Bengals I got them at 11- six in second and this is because Joe burrow is healthy healthy Joe burrow the Bengals are going to finish with a better record than they did last year and we got to wait and see what happens with Jamar Chase because he's still holding in right now and you know there there's no guarantee he's going to play on Sunday against the Patriots and if that's the case it's going to be the T Higgins show which is not a bad thing because T Higgins could definitely handle it and with burrow being back that really helps so um yeah but I I I think it really all comes down to burrow being healthy because if Burrow's not healthy you know this team's not going to win 11 games but I do think with him back I think 11 games is fair but they also got to get Jamar Chase back as well they have to get him back so I think 11 wins is fair for them and then for the Ravens I think this is the best team in the division I'm going to give them that respect from last year because you know they won the division last year they had home they had home field and of course they had the MVP in Lamar Jackson and now you bring pretty much everybody back you got derck Henry now in the fold I think this is a 12- win team and Lamar Jackson stayed stayed healthy you know that that's been a problem the last couple of years is Lamar Jackson would get hurt late in the year and that would derail The Raven season now they still made the playoffs in one of those years 2022 Tyler Huntley had to be the starter will take over as a starter and he started in that playoff game against the Bengals but you just see how this team is when Lamar Jackson is healthy they are very good and now bringing Derrick Henry in again that's one of the more intriguing things to pay attention to throughout the season because that's going to give defenses headaches especially towards the goal line because running the read option is Jackson going to keep it or is Derrick Henry going to run it up the middle or is Derrick Henry going to throw a touchdown pass because I mean you know we've seen that a few times but yeah this is what I got here for the AFC North let me know what you guys think though about my prediction here how do you see this division playing out again would not surprise me if every team in this division finishes over 500 somebody's got to finish in last but yeah I got the Steelers in last and the Steelers have a championship caliber defense but it's just the offense that is going to be a problem I think this year if the quarterbacks don't play well so but yeah let me know what you guys think about the AFC North so when we come back from our final break of the show uh we will talk about the AFC South next and then tomorrow I'll go over the AFC West so tomorrow we'll preview of course our first real preview of the Year Ravens Chiefs that's how open the show I'll go through the AFC West standings give you my predictions for those um I'll go over my playoff teams my Super Bowl prediction and then um I'm trying to think I might do I think I might do like Awards like who I think is going to win what particular award I think that's how we'll break down the show uh tomorrow so it's just going to be I mean it's just going to be all uh uh predictions and and things like that which I'm really excited about um can't wait for this game tomorrow night it's going to be it's like gu like I've said constantly it's been a long off season so I just want to get to that point and hopefully um hopefully I'm a little bit better tomorrow cuz again still dealing with this uh these allergies here so but definitely um I mean you can still hear it in my voice but definitely feel better today oh definitely getting better each and every day so uh hopefully tomorrow I'm a little bit better and uh yeah no let's uh the season is upon us but we're going to take another break or our final break and then we'll do the uh the AFC South predictions here so for one final time today stick around and we'll be right back here on the gsmc football podcast