The quarterbacks in the AFC North have some big-name star power, but they can’t hold a candle to the EDGE defenders from a name recognition and elite-level talent standpoint.
Like many other positions across the AFC North landscape, things are pretty close among the four teams at the EDGE position, at least in terms of talent level.
There is the reigning 2023 NFL Defensive Player of the Year in Cleveland’s Myles Garrett, the NFL’s sacks leader in T.J. Watt, and the quiet star in Cincinnati’s Trey Hendrickson, not to mention an emerging star in Pittsburgh’s Alex Highsmith.