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Stacking the AFC North: The nod goes to the Bengals at WR

You'll hear NFL teams talk a lot about winning their division as the first goal for their season.

The reason? The surest way to get into the playoffs is to win a division title, and it assures a home playoff game.

But to win that division title, teams should be as good as — if not better than — division opponents in a number of areas. That won't guarantee success, but it sure will help.

We continue our look at how the Steelers stack up against their AFC North opponents on a position-by-position basis.

Today, we look at wide receivers:

It's tough to truly judge the season the Steelers' receivers had last season as the team's passing yardage total fell from 5,008 in 2018 to 2,981 last season, the largest single-season drop in NFL history.