Off-season Report Cards AFC North

What grades were given on the AFC North Off-season report cards?

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00:00The 2022 NFL season is right around the corner, which means it is time for our offseason report

00:06cards.

00:07I'm Gwyneth Monteith-Patterson with SI right now, and joining me is James Ruppin of All

00:11Bengals.

00:12James, let's talk about the AFC North.

00:14We've got the Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore

00:19Ravens.

00:20Out of the four teams in this division, who had the most impactful offseason move?

00:26Well, I think you have to start with Deshaun Watson in the Browns, and we don't know how

00:31impactful he's going to be in 2022, but it really sent ripple effects across the entire

00:37division.

00:38I mean, you look at this division from a talent standpoint, a quarterback, and you have three

00:43guys that could realistically, when they're playing 17 games, all be in the MVP conversation.

00:49Now, we don't know what the Steelers are going to do at their quarterback spot, but Lamar

00:53Jackson is healthy.

00:54Deshaun Watson, last time we saw him on the field, was a top four, top five quarterback

00:59for the Texans, and so that would be the move.

01:02The problem is we don't know what's going to happen with the suspension.

01:06We do know he's probably going to be suspended.

01:08The question is how long, so that's a huge, impactful move.

01:14At the same time, there are a lot of question marks with it, and there's risk involved,

01:18and so there's still plenty of questions surrounding it, despite it being the biggest

01:26move of the offseason, I would say, in this division.