With the biggest challenger in the AFC beginning to show cracks in their armour, the Ravens have a better chance of clinching the division and not running into opposition late in the season. In addition to this, the Steelers had a pretty terrible run this season. They didn’t make the post-season, and the argument cannot be made that it is entirely due to the much-talked-about absence of Le’Veon Bell. They are, like the Patriots, getting old and rusty. Mike Tomlin hasn’t brought home a Lombardi trophy in a real long time.
Because of this, Baltimore will have an easier time in the otherwise high-school level AFC North.