Week One AFC North Eye Test:
Baltimore: Looks like they have in the past few years. Probably a good team, but not quite good enough to beat the best. Guess they didn't have Mark Andrews against KC, so his return should help, but they didn't show anything to make me think they're really any different this year than previously.
Pittsburgh: Won on the road. Against a bad team. In a game where they only could score via Boswell's leg and needed their defense to make sure field goals were enough. In other words, the same as the last few years. Looking forward to 9-8!
Cleveland: Looked bad, Watson looking like the worst trade/deal in league history. Getting Chubb back will help and it's not like they lost to a bad team (although getting dominated at home makes the loss worse than simply losing to Dallas), but I think I've read that Chubb won't be back for a while, so it might be too late by then.
Cincinnati: Looked very bad. Burrow might wind up in that class of "guys who should have been elite, but injuries..." and I doubt Mike Brown's "what, me pay?" attitude towards his support cast is going to help. Losing at home to one of 2023's worst teams is not a good look.
At least, the in-division games will be exciting in a train-wreck sort of way!