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The Pittsburgh Steelers may have lost a pair of star players in wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Le'Veon Bell this offseason, but Fox Sports talk-show host Colin Cowherd still thinks the Steelers are going to win the AFC North division next season:
"The Steelers this morning are something they never are, underdogs… My money, Pittsburgh Steelers win the division. You go ahead and bail on them. Go for it." — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/9iGhhWSJJd
— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) March 13, 2019
The Cleveland Browns are now the trendy pick to win the AFC North next season, particularly after adding stud wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. in a trade with the New York Giants on Tuesday.
That is definitely a changing of the guard, as the Browns have not made the playoffs since the 2002-03 campaign—the longest active drought in the NFL—and have not won a division crown since 1989.
In the meantime, the Steelers have won eight AFC North titles since 2002 and had won three of the last four division crowns before the Baltimore Ravens snuck up on them and stole the title this past season.
So, based on history, Cowherd is right: it seems hard to bet against Pittsburgh, and even harder to bet on Cleveland.
But one cannot deny how talented the Browns are and how lethal their offense might be next season, as Beckham will join a receiving corps that includes Jarvis Landry and an offensive unit led by Baker Mayfield under center.
Cleveland went 7-8-1 this past season, marking its best finish since winning 10 games all the way back in 2007.
Meanwhile, the Steelers went 9-6-1 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2013. They then traded Brown to the Oakland Raiders due to locker room issues, and Bell, who held out the entire 2018 campaign, signed with the New York Jets.
