The NFL's Most Interesting Division | AFC North Division Preview

Green Light with Chris Long

Chris Long

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🗓️ 31 August 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Chris Long previews the AFC North and tries to make sense of all the possibilities of how this division could fill out. The Baltimore Ravens and Lamar Jackson have had regular season dominance but their issue comes when the playoffs start. The Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow have the opposite problem - they have trouble in the regular season by getting off to slow starts then dropping games to teams of a lower competitive level. The Pittsburgh Steelers *COULD* win 10 games but it all depends on Aaron Rodgers. And the Cleveland Browns aren't sure where they're going but with Myles Garrett, anything is possible. (00:00) Intro (2:00) NFL Rivalries Uniforms (6:21) AFC North (7:00) Baltimore Ravens (27:40) Cincinnati Bengals (54:05) Pittsburgh Steelers (1:08:37) Cleveland Browns Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: ‪(202) 991-0723‬ Also, check out our paddling partners at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Appomattox River Company ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠to get your canoes, kayaks and paddleboards so you're set to hit the river this summer. Green Light's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, where you can catch all the latest GL action: Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you.

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0:00.0	I don't want to be reductive and just boil it down to these one or two things,
0:02.8	but I'm kind of like when you've got a really good foundation and you've got a great roster,
0:06.0	one tweet can do it.
0:07.2	They're in sport mode. Can they get in a four wheel drive a little bit? Can they be pissed off when they take the field? Yes, this football team looks like a 10-win football team to me. It really does. Now a lot of that's going to be predicated on how Rogers plays.
0:19.9	Now, the last team is the Browns.
0:23.3	And Browns fans, I know you're out there.
0:30.3	Welcome to the Greenlight podcast.
0:36.9	Our final NFL division preview, it's the AFC North.
0:40.7	Is this the year that the Ravens finally break their playoff curse?
0:44.0	How about the Bengals, are they going to start a little quick?
0:45.8	Does Aaron Rogers have a little bit more gas in the tank and where the brown is going?
1:00.0	Yeah. I keep blowing and low I ain't got me nobody I ain't carry me no law
1:04.0	I got the green light vein I got the green light, babe.
1:13.2	I got the green.
1:15.3	All right.
1:19.5	So this is the AFC North, one of the most interesting divisions in football.
1:24.2	And this is my eighth and final division preview.
1:32.0	And I am not unhappy about that at all because these things take a while i hope you've enjoyed them um and as the divisions go on it's like we get a better look at what what um
1:38.6	each team's going to be because more preseason action uh finally got a chance being off the road to catch up on a lot of that
1:45.6	preseason football so what we've got is a good look at the a fc north so if you've been waiting
1:53.0	waiting waiting here it is um can't wait to to dive into it but first i just want to mention this to
2:00.6	y'all on this call, Cowboy, Tanner, Nolan.
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