op of this thread is clueless. bengals are downward spiral after last week for many obvious reasons. steelers prime days are also dwindling. big ben has maybe 2 more years at most of relevant play. and the browns, well they are the browns. we have nowhere to go but up, with Flacco still in his prime and a bunch of young guys, we just need a smart financial off season. if i had to invest in any team in AFC north it would easily be the ravens. sure we had a down year, but being within 8 points almost every loss just proves one or two play makers on this team can make that much of a difference. steelers will continue to be our only competition 2-3 years into the future because of their young talent of WR's. although their defense is not good and wont be anytime in the near future. as someone else mentioned, this years playoffs have actually been sloppy play for the most part. the whole NFL this year was just bad.