AFC North Season Predictions for EACH TEAM | CBS Sports

ARE >> Amanda: THE FALL WEDDING CONVERSATION, YES, WEDDINGS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN IN THE FALL, SORRY IF YOU HAD A FALL WEDDING OR ARE PLANNING ONE. YOU GOT MARRIED WHEN YOU WERE 20? >> Chris: 17-18 YEARS AGOMENT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, BUT STARTING WITH THE NFL. >> Amanda: DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR ANNIVERSARY DATE? WE LOVE HER, YES. STARTING WITH THE NFL, WE ARE FINISHING THE WIN TOTALS FOR THE NFL DIVISION ... >> Josh: AMANDA I AM GOING WAY OVER. YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS TEAM HAS DONE CAN SINCE LAMAR JACKSON TOOK OVER THE STARTING JOB IN 2018. THEY HAVE FINISHED IN THE TOP THREE IN THE NFL IN RUSHING. AND, EACH OF THOSE SIX SEASONS. THEY HAVE FINISHED #1, IN THREE OF THOSE SIX SEASONS. AND NOW YOU ARE ADDING DERICK HENRY TO THE OFFENSE? PREPOSTEROUS, ALMOST UNFAIR, THEY WILL STEAM ROLL OPPONENTS. THEY WILL BE BETTER THIS YEAR, WHEN THEY HAD THE #1 OFFENSE, MUNKIN GETS ANOTHER YEAR UNDER HIS BELT, AND HAS DERICK HENRY. THEY ARE WORKING IN THREE NEW STARTERS, WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT IF YOU HAVE LAMAR JACKSON AND DERICK HENRY, IT GIVES YOU A MARGIN FOR ERROR, SO, I THINK THE RAVENS GET 12-13 WINS. SO I LOVE THE OVER HERE, I THINK THAT, I WOULD SAY, 11.5. >> BMac: I AM RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, JOHN. COOL POINTS PROVIDED BY YOU. I WILL KEEP MY ANALYSIS SIMPLE. THIS IS ABOUT LAMAR JACKSON, I TAKE THE OVER, OF COURSE. AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT LAMAR JACKSON, WITH THE BALTIMORE RAVEN, LAMAR JACKSON, JOHN HARBAUGH, THE TIMES THEY DID NOT SURPASS, AT LEAST 10 WINS, IT HAPPENED WITH LAMAR JACKSON BEING INJURED. 2021, AND 2022. 10 WINS WITH IN 2022. LAMAR JACKSON WAS DEALING WITH INJURIES. AND THE OTHER THREE YEARS THEY AVERAGED AROUND 12 WINS WHEN HE'S IN THE LINEUP. 11 WINS, 14 WINCE, AND LOOK AT A YEAR AGO, 13 WINS. THIS IS ABOUT LAMAR JACKSON, WHEN LAMAR JACKSON IS HEALTHY THIS IS A TEAM THAT WINS AT LEAST 12 BALLGAMES, I AM RIGHT THERE JUMPING ON THE OVER, JOHN, AND THEY ARE STILL THE BEST TEAM IN THEIR DIVISION, THEY HAVE THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THEIR DIVISION, WHEN HE'S IN THE LINEUP THEY WIN THE BALLGAMES. THAT'S WHAT RECENT HISTORY TELLS US, I FOLLOW IT TO THE CASH-END TICKET. >> Amanda: YOU AGREE WHEN IT COMES TO THE RAVENS. THE NEXT TEAM, YOU DISAGREE, THE BENGALS LOST THE DIVISION LAST YEAR, GRANTED THEY DID LOSE JOE BURROW, SPEAKING OF HEALTHY QUARTERBACKS. WEEK 11, THE WIN TOTAL IS THE SAME AS THE RAVENS, 10.5, B-MAC, STARTING WU, YOU ARE GOING "UNDER", HERE. >> BMac: WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE MAKE THIS KNOWN FOR ALL OF OUR VIEWERS. JOHN BREECH, HE LOVES CINCINNATI, SO WHATEVER HE SAYS IS COMING FROM A PLACE OF BIAS. >> Amanda: UNLIKE YOU WITH THE STEELERS, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. >> BMac: NO, NO, YOU KNOW I GOTTA KEEP IT REAL, AMANDA. BUT THE CINCINNATI BENGALS, JOHN, WITH YOU BEING A FAITHFUL FAN, ZAC TAYLOR HAS BEEN THEIR, AND THE COACH ON THE SIDELINE, I THINK 5 YEARS? IN 5 YEARS HE'S ONLY SURPASSED 10 WINS. ONCE! ONE TIME! WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO WIN MONEY, I LOVE TO FOLLOW TRENDS. THAT TREND TELLS ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HIT HAD THE UNDER. BECAUSE IN 5 YEARS HE ONLY SURPASSED 10 WINS, ONCE. SECONDLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ZAC TAYLOR AS A PROFESSIONAL COACH FOR THE CINCINNATI BENGALS. JUST IN THE AFC NORTH, VERSUS AFC NORTH TEAMS, ZAC IS 10-20. HE STRUGGLED AGAINST THE DIVISIONAL OPPONENTS, THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR THE STAR QUARTERBACK IN BURROWY. JOE BURROW IS 7:11, VERSUS THE AFC NORTH TEAM. THAT'S NOT A GOOD STAT TO HAVE IN YOUR FAVOR, WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SURPASS, 10.5 WINS. ME, PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE AS AMANDA LAID OUT FOR US, GETTING INTO THE SEGMENT, THIS WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT DIVISION IN FOOTBALL, THAT'S A TALL TASK TO SURPASS, NOT TO MENTION, WHEN YOU HAVE ALREADY STRUGGLED AGAINST TEAMS IN YOUR QUARTERBACK CAREER, I THINK THE TREND WILL CONTINUE, THAT'S WHY I TAKE THE UNDER! >> John: THAT'S NOT A HORRIBLE PREDICTION, B-MAC. I WAS ON THE FENCE WITH THIS ONE, I FOUND OUT THE GUY WITH THE STEELERS JERSEY IN HIS BACKGROUND, WAS GONNA BE ON WITH ME, I HAD TO GO OVER. I FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT THE BENGALS AND ECHOES WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT LAMAR JACKSON, WHEN BURROWY IS HEALTHY THIS TEAM IS GOOD. JOE BURROW ANY SEASON WHEN HE STARTED MORE THAN 11 GAMES THEY ENDED UP IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP. AND THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD. OBVIOUSLY IT COMES DOWN TO JOE BURROW'S HEALTH, LOOKING AT THE BENGALS LAST SEASON, THEY HAD EVERYTHING GO AGAINST THEM, NOTHING IN THEIR FAVOR, JOE BURROW MISSED 7 GAMES, HEALTHY FOR HALF OF THE 10 GAMES HE PLAYED IN, AND STILL THEY FINISHED WITH THE WINNING RECORD, 9:8. IF YOU HAVE BURROW OUT THERE, THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS BETTER, THE RUNNING BACKS ARE MORE WELL-ROUNDED, THE RECEIVERS ARE JUST AS GOOD AS THEIR LAST YEAR, JA'MARR CHASE WOULD HAVE TROSUIT UP FOR PRACTICES AND GAMES. I THINK THIS ROSTER IS BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. AND, YOU HAVE JOE BURROW WHO WAS GOING THROUGH A FULL TRAINING CAMP FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK THEY CAN GET TO 11 WINS, I REALLY ... HUH, HUH, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE CLOSE, BUT I WILL TAKE THE OVER. >> Amanda: YOU ADMIT IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR YOU, JOHN, TAKING THE OVER FOR THE BENGALS. B-MAC WITH THE UNDER, 10.5 AS A WIN. THE BROWNS, THIS IS A CURIOUS TEAM, SO MANY QUESTION MARKS AROUND THIS TEAM, YOU HAVE NOW, TWO-TIME COACH OF THE YEAR, INCLUDING LAST SEASON, KEVIN STEFANSKI, THE RETURN OF DESHAUN WATSON. CAME UP SECOND IN THE DIVISION, 11:6 RECORD, ARGUABLY, JETS FANS WILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS, ONE OF THE TOP TWO DEFENSES IN THE NFL. THE WIN TOTAL 8.5. JOHN, WHICH WAY YOU GING FOR -- GOING FOR THE BROWNS? >> John: I THINK THE BROWNS ARE THE HARDEST TO PREDICT. IF THEY WENT 7:10 I WOULDN'T BE SHOCKED, AND MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS I HAVE, REVOLVE AROUND DESHAUN WATSON, HE HASN'T BEEN THE DESHAUN WATSON OF EARLIER IN HIS CAREER, MAYBE THIS IS THE YEAR HE TAKES OFF FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ENOUGH TO PROVE IT WILL HAPPEN. A LOT OF GUYS COMING BACK WITH FROM INJURY, NICK CHUBB, JEDRICK, AND JACK CONKLIN, A LOT OF KEY GUYS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, UNTIL WEEK ONE COMES AROUND. I WOULD TAKE THE UNDER, 8.5 IS SO LOW, EVERY AFC NORTH TEAM FINISHES WITH A WINNING RECORD, I TAKE THE OVER. >> BMac: THAT'S THE RIGHT MOVE, 8.5 IS TOO LOW FOR A TALENTED TEAM ON EITHER SIZE OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD. I ECHO YOUR CONCERNS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WITH DESHAUN WATSON. THE CLEVELAND BROWNS, THEY ARE THE ONE TEAM IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, WHERE THEY DON'T REALLY RELY ON QUARTERBACK, AS MUCH. HECK, IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR SUCCESS A YEAR AGO, THIS PROVES MY POINT, THIS IS A TEAM THAT'S OVERLY BALANCED, WHERE WITH THEY DON'T NEED OUTSTANDING PLAY FROM THE QUARTERBACK. SO I AM TAKING THE OVER, AND ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY I TAKE THE OVER, IS BECAUSE OF SCHEDULE. LOOK AT THE FIRST 5 BEINGS. THEY GOT -- BALLGAMES. THEY GOT JESUS CHRIST TRAVEL TRAVELING TO JACKSONVILLE. YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST 5 BALLGAMES, I SEE 4:1, YOU GET THE REST OF THE SCHEDULE, WINABLE BALLGAMES THEY WILL BE THE CLEAR-CUT FAVORITES GOING INTO THOSE BALLGAMES, AGAINST THE CHARGERS AND THE SAINTS AND AGAINST THE BRONCOS, AND WITHIN THE DIVISIONAL PLAY, THEY WILL SPLIT BALLGAMES AGAINST MAYBE BALTIMORE, CINCINNATI, PITTSBURGH, BASED ON THE HISTORY OF THESE DIVISIONAL TEAMINGS AND YOU -- TEAMS. YOU FACTOR IN THE EASY STARTS IN THE FIRST 5 WEEKS FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS AND WINABLE BALLGAMES THROUGHOUT THE SCHEDULE, AGAINST THE CHARGERS AND THE SAINTS IN THE DENVER BRONCOS. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GET TO 9, BEFORE YOU GET INTO DIVISIONAL PLAY. SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY, VERY TALENTED ROSTER AND THIS ROSTER IS "TOO GOOD", REGARDLESS WHO IS PLAYING QUARTERBACK FOR THEM, TO NOT GET NINE WINS, I AM TAKING THE OVER. >> Amanda: FIRST 5 GAMES NICE FOR THE BROWNS AND AFTER THAT, WEEK 6, THEY ARE RANKED ACCORDING TO THE CBS SPORTS , AND THE THIRD TOUGHEST SCHEDULE ACCORDING TO CBS SPORTS, MAKING THIS EASY, BIG QUESTIONS AROUND THE QUARTERBACK POSITION HERE, B-MAC, THEY MADE IT TO 10-WINS LAST SEASON, BECAUSE YOU GOT MIKE TOMLIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, WIN TOTAL 8.FIE. WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION, 8.5. ARE THEY WINNING THIS DIVISION, B-MAC, STILL GOING WITH THAT WAY? >> BMac: THE SECOND QUESTION IS HARDER TO ANSWER, THAN THE FIRST. THE FIRST FOR ME, MY PREDICTION "OVER", THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION. FOR THE OTHER TEAM, THEY HAVE TWO LEGIT OPTIONS, TAKE THE OVER, OR THE UNDER! [ LAUGHTER ] >> BMac: FOR PITTSBURGH, MIKE TOMLIN, IT'S ALWAYS OVER, NO OTHER OPTION, HERE'S WHY. IT'S SUPER-SIMPLE. AMANDA, JOHN, MIKE TOMLIN HAS BEEN COACHING THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS FOR 17 YEARS! FOR 17 YEARS! THERE'S ONLY BEEN THREE YEARS WHERE HE DID NOT WIN AT LEAST NINE GAMES! THREE YEARS, IN HIS 17-YEAR CAREER, THERE IN PITTSBURGH, WHERE THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS DID NOT WIN AT LEAST 9 GAMES. IS THERE A STRONGER TREND IN FOOTBALL? WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT MIKE TOMLIN DOES, REACHING 9 WINS. NO. THEY HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST TRENDS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. I CAN TALK ABOUT THE ROSTER, AND TALKING ABOUT THE QUARTERBACKS, THE POTENTIAL. THE DEFENSE. I CAN DO ALL OF THAT. AND I AM JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN 17 YEARS. MIKE TOMLIN, THREE YEARS HE DIDN'T GET NINE WIN, NO QUESTION. THE ONLYING OPTION IS, OVER. THE ONLY OPTION AND THE SECOND QUESTION, WILL THEY WIN THE DIVISION? RIGHT NOW, AS I SEE IT TODAY, AMANDA, I WILL BE REAL, I WILL SAY NO, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THEY DIDN'T WIN THE DIVISION, LAST YEAR, THEY WILL GET INTO THE TOURNAMENT, THEY'LL GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS AND THEY NEED TO GET INTO THE DIVISION. I AM OKAY WITH THAT. >> B-MAC WON'T SEND ME A BARGAINED -- BIRTHDAY CARD IF I TAKE THE UNDER. SO, I THINK B-MAC MADE A BUNCH OF GOOD POINTS AND THE MIKE TOMLIN POINT IS THE KEY ONE, THIS GUY HAS NEVER FINISHED UNDER 500 IN 17 YEARS IN PITTSBURGH, I THOUGHT THE STREAK WOULD END LAST YEAR WITH KENNY PICKETT AT QUARTERBACK, IT DIDN'T. MIKE TOMLIN WILLS HIS TEAM TO WIN, THEY FINISH WITH WAY WINNING RECORD AND WENT TO THE PLAYOFFS AS B-MAC SAID, THEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID IN THE OFF-SEASON, UPGRADED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, ARTHUR SMITH IS A GREAT HIRE, THEY WILL UPGRADE AT QUARTERBACK, RUSSELL WILSON OR JUSTIN FIELDS THEY ARE AN UPGRADE OVER KENNY PICKETT. WE KNOW THEIR DEFENSE IS A FORCE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE OPPOSING OFFENSES. SO I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THE STEELERS DON'T WIN 9 GAMES. I THINK THE OVER DOES FEEL LIKE AN EASY BET HERE. >> Amanda: I WOULD BE UPSET AT B-MAC, I THINK HE TOOK THE UNDER OUT OF SPITE AND YOU STILL TOOK THE OVER. WHO GETS INTO THE POST SEASON OUT OF THE FOUR TEAMS. B-MAC STARTING WITH. >> John: ALL FOUR CAN MAKE IT, BUT I SAY EVERYONE BUT THE BROWNS. >> Amanda: INTERESTING, OKAY, GUYS, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO GET STARTED, WE WILL SEE HOW IT UNFOLDS. BRYANT MCFADDEN AND JOHN BREECH, WEEK ONE OFFENSIVAVE NORTH, MATCH. RAVENS AT CHIEFS AND ALL ESEY WILL BE ON THAT