Ranking the AFC North quarterbacks could be listed in several ways. Who is No. 1 — Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson or Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow? Most analysts would put Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers in clear last place, but not Phil Simms.
In his outline of the AFC North passers, he puts Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns in fourth. Wilson and the Steelers come in third.
“Russell Wilson, he got slapped around again,” Simms told son Matt Simms on the Bleav podcast. “His reputation and all that. Listen, it’s a big motivation when they count you out.