Chff: Iciest Issues In Training Camp (Afc Edition)

[darklight1216]

BALTIMORE
The Icy Issue: Is Joe Flacco the franchise?
The Icier Answer: We’ll find out soon enough.
...We’ll see this year if Flacco is more than a flicker in the pan and if he has what it takes to carry the offensively dysfunctional franchise to the next level. Sooner or later, the Ravens need to find that guy – and sometime by November we’ll have a good idea if that guy is Flacco.

CINCINNATI
Icy Issue: Can the Bengals keep the momentum going?
Icier Answer: Don’t make us laugh. It interrupts our drinking
CLEVELAND
Icy Issue: Can ManGenius handle the heat?
Icier Answer: Success in Cleveland depends on it.

PITTSBURGH
The Steelers were good last year. Obviously. They were the champs. But they were certainly beatable. He[ck], they needed a miracle defensive touchdown and some last-second offensive heroics to pull out a victory over the 9-7 Cardinals in the Super Bowl.
If they want to repeat, and if they want to hold off the reconfigured, Tom Brady-led Patriots, not to mention Peyton Manning and the rest of the sharks circling in the bloody waters of the AFC, they’ll need to improve the offensive line in every way – run blocking and pass blocking.

http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_2763_The_Iciest_Issues_in_training_camp%3A_AFC_edition.html
In a nutshell:
Will Flacco be the franchise or a one year wonder?
Can Marvin Lewis elevate his team from being bottom feeders of the NFL to the coveted status of mediocre (and in doing so retain his job)?
Will Ben take a critical hit or can Pitts O-line do their job?
Can the Browns get anything right?

Do you think these are the iciest issues in the North or did CHFF miss the mark?

[berad]

Since when did we go 1-3? Silly article writer..

Oh and Brady Quinn wins the QB competition in Cleveland.

[BuckWilds]

[quote name='darklight1216' date='06 August 2009 - 05:41 PM' timestamp='1249594916' post='215958']
BALTIMORE
The Icy Issue: Is Joe Flacco the franchise?
The Icier Answer: We

[darklight1216]

[quote name='berad' date='06 August 2009 - 05:54 PM' timestamp='1249595646' post='215968']
Since when did we go 1-3? Silly article writer..

Oh and Brady Quinn wins the QB competition in Cleveland.
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I don't think it really makes a difference which of them starts...

[berad]

[quote name='darklight1216' date='06 August 2009 - 06:01 PM' timestamp='1249596086' post='215980']
I don't think it really makes a difference which of them starts...
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Yeah, me neither, but Quinn definitely has more upside and seems more like the Mangini/Patriots mold.