The AFC North has had it rough out of the gate in 2019, to say the least. Entering Sunday, the division owned the worst combined record of the eight — with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals leading the charge at 0-3 apiece.
Luckily, the AFC North is guaranteed to go a cool .500 this week with two intra-division bouts taking place. And perhaps even more fortunately for the Bengals and Steelers, one of the two struggling squads will walk away with their first win of the year, barring a tie.
Mason Rudolph is set to make his second career start, looking to make amends for a 32.