The AFC North once again looks to be one of the tougher divisions in football. It’s one of very few, if not the only one, that truly goes four teams deep. There will be no easy divisional wins for any teams this year, that’s for sure.
This only makes it harder for a team like the Steelers to get wins, and to get noticed. They’ve occasionally been swept under the rug in preseason predictions, in favor of teams like the Ravens and Bengals, even though Pittsburgh made the playoffs last year.
However, they didn’t go fully under the radar in the Pro Football Talk AFC North Superlatives, awarded by Mike Florio and Myles Simmons.