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The AFC North blog will conclude its rankings of each position this week with defense. This is a projection on how the group will fare this season. It's not an evaluation based on last year. For Friday, let's look at the defensive line. 1. Cincinn...

The rumor of the Cleveland Browns trading for New England Patriots backup quarterback Ryan Mallett won't go away. Whether you're for or against this move, everyone can probably agree that it's getting to the point where the Browns need to make a deci...

Happy tag day to everyone. There shouldn't be much drama concerning the franchise tag today (the deadline to apply it) because the Bengals already used it on defensive end Michael Johnson and the Ravens only planned on putting it on quarterback Joe F...

Like every morning in the AFC North blog, here's your wake-up call ... RAVENS: Even though Cam Cameron was fired as Ravens offensive coordinator during the regular season, he remained close with John Harbaugh and even texted the Ravens coach throu...

Revisiting the Cleveland Browns' 20-14 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers: This was more than a rare win over the Steelers. It was an invaluable learning experience for a young team. The Browns found a way to hold onto a lead in the...

Chris Rainey's fumble with 2:25 left -- Pittsburgh's seventh turnover -- was recovered by Cleveland's Phil Taylor and the Browns handed their hated rivals a potentially devastating loss, 20-14 over the stumbling Steelers on Sunday.

Hope everyone had a better Thanksgiving than Rex Ryan. We'll resume our normal Friday coverage, which includes my predictions and the Final Word later today. Here is your wake-up call ... RAVENS: Chargers linebacker Jarret Johnson will play agains...

A look at what is rising and falling at the midway point of the regular season: FALLING 1. Discipline. This division has always been known for its physical play. This year, the AFC North is also gaining a reputation for being sloppy and undisci...

CLEVELAND -- The Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns both have their big defensive tackles in the starting lineup today. Baltimore's Haloti Ngata is active despite being questionable with knee and shoulder injuries. Ngata didn't practice Thursda...

Here's a quick look at what's happening in the division: RAVENS: Linebacker Terrell Suggs is back after missing the first six games of the season with an Achilles injury, but the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year is still lamenting the los...

The Browns' defense got a whole lot bigger, and a whole lot healthier.

Hope everyone has come down from their Halloween sugar rush by now. There's a lot of chatter going on in the division these days. A quarterback has to respond to his coach's challenge. Another team has to address allegations of dirty play. And there ...

Revisiting the Cleveland Browns' 41-27 loss at the New York Giants: It doesn't take an offensive coordinator to see the Browns are vulnerable to runs up the middle. Defensive tackle Phil Taylor is out with a torn pectoral muscle. Middle linebacker...

A year after the Browns passed up wide receiver Julio Jones in the draft, there's no consensus among fans whether Cleveland should have done so. In a SportsNation poll this week, 46 percent of the 5,959 votes say the Browns made the right move to ...

Cleveland Browns wide receivers are dropping passes at an alarming rate for a second straight season, which leads us to revisit the team's draft-day decision in 2011. Instead of drafting wide receiver Julio Jones with the sixth overall pick, the Brow...

He thought he would be a high school coach, in the family business but on the anonymous fringe where he could learn without the inevitable comparisons and inherent skepticism. It would have been so much less complicated, so much easier. Of cour...