AFC North Draft Aftermath — Browns' Weapons, Ravens Reload, Bengals Boost & Steelers' Allar Gamble
The Audible
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🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In This Episode: On this edition of The Audible, Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom turn their attention to the AFC North and break down how the 2026 NFL Draft reshaped one of football's toughest divisions. Did the Browns finally add the right weapons to unlock their passing game. Did the Ravens reload the way they always seem to. And how much better did the Bengals get around their franchise quarterback.
But the biggest headline might belong to Pittsburgh. The Steelers stunned the league by selecting Drew Allar at quarterback — a move that has fans buzzing and analysts wondering what the long‑term plan really is. Was it a reach, a reset, or a rare chance they simply couldn't pass up.
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🔥 In this episode:
Did the Browns fix their passing‑game firepower
How the Ravens quietly retooled for another playoff push
Why the Bengals' draft could pay off immediately
What the Steelers were thinking with the Drew Allar pick
How the AFC North landscape shifts after draft weekend
Drop your thoughts in the comments — which AFC North team improved the most in the 2026 draft.
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| 0:00.0 | well what in the world were the steelers thinking plus did the browns add just the right amount of weapons for their passing game we're talking about all that and then some it is the annual tradition that is the audible it's our draft recap here cecil amy sigman bloom let's get to it |
| 0:19.1 | you got a team here's a word of the wise. |
| 0:21.4 | You want to dominate your league. |
| 0:22.8 | Go to football guys. |
| 0:24.3 | I'm living in a fantasy. |
| 0:26.6 | Got everybody mad at me. |
| 0:29.6 | Football. |
| 0:29.9 | Because every game I had to win. |
| 0:32.3 | I got to be a champion. |
| 0:34.3 | Football. |
| 0:34.9 | I'm living in a fantasy. |
| 0:44.0 | That's right, Sygman. It feels so good because this is what we do, right? |
| 0:49.3 | This is how the Audible started, 21 seasons of the Audible. |
| 0:52.0 | It all starts with a draft recap. |
| 0:57.5 | It does, and it's because the draft is new beginnings, dreams coming true, everything is possible, and the draft is also the nerdy, the nerdiest moment on the calendar |
| 1:03.9 | where every football philosophical conversation ceased to hear about the consensus board |
| 1:08.8 | controversy this year. |
| 1:10.0 | Anyway, we'll get to that. We'll get to all of it, but mainly it's an anniversary of getting together with our best football friends and our teams. And, you know, CIS, we were going to the draft. I remember covering it for your radio station in Denver back when it was still at Radio City Music Hall Still, like, you know, five, six thousand people, not 500,000 people. |
| 1:30.8 | You see the same people every year, the super fans. |
| 1:34.1 | It was a beautiful thing. |
| 1:36.2 | And at the heart of this event, it is still that amazing moment. |
| 1:41.4 | When we really learn, the teams have to tell the truth. |
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