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It's common knowledge that the two playoff teams in the AFC North -- the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals -- took different approaches in the offseason. The Ravens parted ways with eight starters from their Super Bowl team, and the Bengals ...

The Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals had the most successful drafts in the NFL. This isn't me saying it. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. gave three teams an 'A', and two of them were last season's playoff teams from this division. Take a bow, Ravens and ...

Tip of the hat to the always outstanding ESPN Stats & Information team for putting together some notes about the 2013 schedule: BALTIMORE RAVENS Hardest strength of schedule of any 2012 playoff team (.535 opponents win percentage). 2012 ...

Breakdown: The Miami Dolphins loaded up in free agency -- and for good reason. This is a 7-9 team expected to make the jump into playoff contention this season. But in order to do so, the Dolphins must be good enough to survive the eighth-toughest st...

The Bengals made another move to keep their playoff team intact, agreeing to a new contract on Friday with offensive tackle Dennis Roland.

The Pro Bowl will survive for next season, but changes are likely. Plus: playoff expansion talk, rules changes and more from the owners meetings.

It wasn't until after linebacker Manny Lawson signed with the Buffalo Bills on Wednesday, when he learned of his new team's 13-season playoff drought.

The strength of schedule ratings are out for 2013, and (surprise!) the New England Patriots no longer have the easiest schedule. For two straight years, the Patriots had the easiest strength of schedule in the AFC East and one of the easiest in th...

The pistol and read option have staying power, but defenses will eventually adjust. Plus, reader questions.

So, I went 1-1 in last week's wild-card games. Guess I shouldn't have been such an AFC North homer. Let's see how I fare in Saturday's AFC divisional playoff game: Denver Broncos 23, Baltimore Ravens 20: This will be closer than what people think....

Everyone knows quarterback Tom Brady and the New England Patriots' top-rated offense will be ready for the postseason. But what exactly do we make of New England's inconsistent defense? Will we see the aggressive Patriots defense that shut out the...

I went ahead and ran the numbers and I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but one of the major flaws of the current NFL playoff system is that the season is actually over for 24 teams and 75% of the fan bases. We keep watching, obviously, ...

Just a heads up, you can expect to see more posts this week on the Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns than the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals. That's just the reality of the situation. The Ravens are in the playoffs and the Browns ...

The new carryover rule changes the way teams handle the salary cap. Plus: reader questions.

Houston Texans running back Arian Foster made his profile picture on Twitter a screen shot of a highly critical excerpt from a column by Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy.

Brett Davis/USA TODAY SportsArian Foster has had at least 100 rushing yards in each of his three career playoff games. For the second straight season, the Houston Texans defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs. It'...