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The 2012 regular season is finally upon us. You know what that means? It means the AFC East homers are coming out to flex their fandom. Nearly every team in the NFL is 0-0. The Dallas Cowboys (1-0) beat the New York Giants (0-1) on Wednesday ni...

Four teams ranked third through ninth in ESPN's previous NFL Power Rankings lost in Week 7. Three of them remained in the top nine anyway when John Clayton, Paul Kuharsky, Ashley Fox and James Walker joined me in casting ballots this week. As b...

The Green Bay Packers are reigning Super Bowl champions and the No. 1 team in ESPN.com's first NFL Power Rankings for the 2011 season. It's looking like their parade has taken a detour around the AFC North. James Walker, our AFC North blogger, ...

Tensions tend to run a little higher as NFL teams move toward December stretch runs. Just ask ESPN.com's NFL Power Rankings voters. In one corner, we have AFC North blogger James Walker slapping a No. 8 ranking -- that's right, eight -- on the 8-2...

Every Tuesday afternoon, the nation gathers around its collective cubicle to discuss the ESPN.com Power Rankings. I thought the Dallas Cowboys caught a break with a No. 29 ranking in light of their 35-17 home loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. As he d...

We had another interesting "Thought of the Day" in the AFC North, which focused on the two Ohio teams in the division. We asked which team will have the better 2010 season: The Cincinnati Bengals (2-4) or Cleveland Browns (2-5)? At the beginning o...

You knew it was coming. Every Tuesday until eternity or the end of the NFL season, the ESPN.com Power Rankings show up to stir the national debate. In the past, the NFC East has been a dominant presence in the "Rankings," a word that is always capita...

Receivers Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens are known as much for their boisterous personalities as they are for their immense talent. But this high-profile tandem has never played together on the same team -- until now. The Cincinnati Bengals sign...

It wouldn't be the first week of training camp (in some precincts) without a new edition of our ESPN.com NFL Power Rankings. You'll be pleased to know that the NFC East had a higher overall ranking (13.8) than any other division. The AFC South and NF...

The AFC North inbox received a lot of Pittsburgh Steelers questions this week. So let's get right to it. Joshua from Orlando, Fla., writes: What would it take for the Steelers to trade back into the bottom of the first round, while keeping their o...

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh spent most of his coaching career with the Philadelphia Eagles, and it appears his NFC East ties still run deep. Here is a link to NFC East blogger Matt Mosley, who rel...

» NFC Final Word: East | West | North | South » AFC: East | West | North | South Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 7: Joe Robbins/Getty Images Hines Ward leads the NFL with 599 rec...

Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer made the trip with the team Saturday morning and will coach Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker HBO's much-anticipated "Hard Knocks" series featuring the Cincinnati Bengals made its debut Wednesday night. Every week the AFC North blog we will break down highlights of the show for ESPN.com read...

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert As part of SportsNation's revamped look, a few of us took part in a debate on "America's Team." I was assigned to make the argument for Green Bay. AFC North mayor James Walker wrote about Pitts...

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker ESPN.com has an important question for NFL Nation: Who deserves the current title of America's Team? To make it simple, we narrowed the logical choices to the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Pittsbur...