Predicting every AFC North game

After sending three teams to the playoffs a year ago, the AFC North is once again as wide open as any division in football. Greg Bedard has predicted the outcome of every single game of the NFL regular season. Here are his picks for the AFC North.
Predicting every AFC North game
Predicting every AFC North game /

After sending three teams to the playoffs a year ago, the AFC North is once again as wide open as any division in football. If they can avoid the injuries that doomed their playoff run a year ago, the Ravens are positioned to be one of the best teams in football, and they're getting the preseason hype to match that billing. The Steelers have questions to answer on defense before their chances of repeating as division champs can be taken seriously, while the Bengals have their eyes on a fifth consecutive playoff berth—but after that, nothing is certain as long as Andy Dalton is under center. In Cleveland, the Browns have a new veteran ahead of Johnny Manziel in the quarterback pecking order, but does Josh McCown have the firepower to hang with the division's other prolific offenses?

Greg Bedard has predicted the outcome of every single game of the NFL regular season. Below are his picks for the AFC North.

• ​FARRAR: AFC North preview—Expect a close fight in top-heavy division

Baltimore Ravens

Week 1

Loss

Sept. 13

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at Denver Broncos

Week 2

Win

Sept. 20

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at Oakland Raiders

Week 3

Loss

Sept. 27

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vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 4

Win

Oct. 4

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at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 5

Win

Oct. 11

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vs. Cleveland Browns

Week 6

Win

Oct. 18

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at San Francisco 49ers

Week 7

Win

Oct. 26

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at Arizona Cardinals

Week 8

Win

Nov. 1

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vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 10

Win

Nov. 15

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vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 11

Win

Nov. 22

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vs. St. Louis Rams

Week 12

Win

Nov. 30

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at Cleveland Browns

Week 13

Loss

Dec. 6

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at Miami Dolphins

Week 14

Loss

Dec. 13

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vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 15

Win

Dec. 20

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vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week 16

Win

Dec. 27

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vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 17

Loss

Jan. 3

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at Cincinnati Bengals

Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 1

Loss

Sept. 10

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at New England Patriots

Week 2

Win

Sept. 20

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vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 3

Loss

Sept. 27

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at St. Louis Rams

Week 4

Loss

Oct. 1

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vs. Baltimore Ravens

Week 5

Win

Oct. 12

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at San Diego Chargers

Week 6

Win

Oct. 18

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vs. Arizona Cardinals

Week 7

Win

Oct. 26

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at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 8

Win

Nov. 1

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vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 9

Win

Nov. 8

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vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 10

Win

Nov. 15

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vs. Cleveland Browns

Week 12

Loss

Nov. 29

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at Seattle Seahawks

Week 13

Win

Dec. 6

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vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 14

Loss

Dec. 13

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at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 15

Win

Dec. 20

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vs. Denver Broncos

Week 16

Loss

Dec. 27

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at Baltimore Ravens

Week 17

Loss

Jan. 3

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at Cleveland Browns

Cincinnati Bengals

Week 1

Loss

Sept. 13

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at Oakland Raiders

Week 2

Loss

Sept. 20

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vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 3

Win

Sept. 27

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at Baltimore Ravens

Week 4

Loss

Oct. 4

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vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week 5

Loss

Oct. 11

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vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 6

Win

Oct. 18

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at Buffalo Bills

Week 8

Loss

Nov. 1

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at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 9

Win

Nov. 5

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vs. Cleveland Browns

Week 10

Loss

Nov. 16

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at Houston Texans

Week 11

Win

Nov. 22

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at Arizona Cardinals

Week 12

Loss

Nov. 29

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vs. St. Louis Rams

Week 13

Loss

Dec. 6

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at Cleveland Browns

Week 14

Win

Dec. 13

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vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 15

Loss

Dec. 20

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at San Francisco 49ers

Week 16

Loss

Dec. 28

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at Denver Broncos

Week 17

Win

Jan. 3

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vs. Baltimore Ravens

Cleveland Browns

Week 1

Win

Sept. 13

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at New York Jets

Week 2

Win

Sept. 20

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vs. Tennessee Titans

Week 3

Win

Sept. 27

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vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 4

Loss

Oct. 4

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at San Diego Chargers

Week 5

Loss

Oct. 11

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at Baltimore Ravens

Week 6

Loss

Oct. 18

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vs. Denver Broncos

Week 7

Loss

Oct. 25

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at St. Louis Rams

Week 8

Win

Nov. 1

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vs. Arizona Cardinals

Week 9

Loss

Nov. 5

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at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 10

Loss

Nov. 15

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at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 12

Loss

Nov. 30

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vs. Baltimore Ravens

Week 13

Win

Dec. 6

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vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 14

Loss

Dec. 13

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vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 15

Loss

Dec. 20

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at Seattle Seahawks

Week 16

Loss

Dec. 27

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at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 17

Win

Jan. 3

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vs. Pittsburgh Steelers


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Greg A. Bedard
GREG A. BEDARD

Greg Bedard is a senior NFL writer who covered the Patriots, Packers and Dolphins as a newspaper beat writer and wrote a weekly column for The MMQB before joining SI as a senior NFL writer in 2015.