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Welcome into the Locked on Steelers podcast on the Locked on Podcast Network.

I am your host from ESPN Pittsburgh, SNR, and the Steelers Radio Network team, Adam Crowley.

And as it is the buy week, not a lot of

new information coming out of the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on the south side in regards to

the Pittsburgh Steelers. What we do know, however, is that they are in first place in the

AFC North and will be in first place no matter what happens this weekend between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Redskins. But I think now is as good a time as

any to kind of take a look back at what's happened thus far in the 2016 season and maybe

take a peek ahead at what I think is going to happen coming up later on in the 2016 season.

And joining me now to discuss all things Pittsburgh Steelers and the AFC is my friend John

Ledgerd from scout.com and from the Inside the Pylon podcast.

And John, first of all, thanks so much for coming on to the program here today.

And secondly, who do you think is the best team in the AFC outside of the New England Patriots?

I think an easy argument can be made maybe for the Pittsburgh Steelers when you look around and see who else is any good in this conference.

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