2013 AFC North Preview

2013 A F C North Preview

The AFC North Division returns the defending Super Bowl Champion this year, but the Baltimore Ravens have lost a lot of veteran talent from that team.

 

We have added a new wrinkle to our coverage this year.  In the past, friends of ours have asked us if we knew how to recreate the exact colors of their favorite team so that they could print those colors on their computer.  We have found this information from multiple sites in the last couple of months, and we are going to show you the RGB numbers so you can replicate those colors.  These can be used in graphics programs, but it can easily be used in MS-Word and MS-Excel.

 

Here are the official colors for the AFC North

 

South	Color	Red	Green	Blue
Baltimore Ravens	Purple	36	23	115
	Black	17	28	36
	Metallic Gold	176	140	13
Cincinnati Bengals	Orange	249	70	28
	Black	17	28	36
Cleveland Browns	Brown	51	43	42
	Orange	249	70	28
Pittsburgh Steelers	Black	17	28	36
	Gold	255	182	18

 

2012 Final Standings & PiRate Ratings

AFC North	PiRate	Mean	Biased	W-L-T	Pts	Opp
Cincinnati Bengals	103.5	103.7	103.8	10-6-0	391	320
Baltimore Ravens	102.5	102.9	103.2	10-6-0	398	344
Pittsburgh Steelers	100.0	100.8	101.4	8-8-0	336	314
Cleveland Browns	95.0	95.4	95.7	5-11-0	302	368

 

2013 Preseason PiRate Ratings

North	PiRate	Mean	Biased
Baltimore Ravens	105.0	104.2	105.3
Cincinnati Bengals	102.5	102.7	102.6
Pittsburgh Steelers	100.7	100.0	100.5
Cleveland Browns	94.4	95.4	94.8

 

PiRate Previews

Team	Baltimore Ravens
Head Coach	John Harbaugh
O-Coord.	Jim Caldwell
D-Coord.	Dean Pees
Projected Starting Lineup
Position	Player
	Offense
Quarterback	Joe Flacco
Running Back	Ray Rice
H-Back	Vonta Leach
Wide Receiver	Torrey Smith
Wide Receiver	Jacoby Jones
Tight End	Ed Dickson
Left Tackle	Bryant McKinnie
Left Guard	Kelechi Osemele
Center	Gino Gradkowski
Right Guard	Marshal Yanda
Right Tackle	Michael Oher
	Defense
Left End	Arthur Jones
Nose Tackle	Haloti Ngata
Right End	Chris Canty
Left OLB	Terrell Suggs
Left ILB	Josh Bynes
Right ILB	Daryl Smith
Right OLB	Elvis Dumervil
Left CB	Ladarius Webb
Right CB	Corey Graham
Strong Safety	James Ihedigbo
Free Safety	Michael Huff
	Special Teams
Kicker	Justin Tucker
Punter	Sam Koch
K-Return	Jacoby Jones
P-Return	Jacoby Jones
Predictions
Record	10-6
Division	1st Tie (1st in tiebreaker)

 

 

Team	Cincinnati Bengals
Head Coach	Marvin Lewis
O-Coord.	Jay Gruden
D-Coord.	Mike Zimmer
Projected Starting Lineup
Position	Player
	Offense
Quarterback	Andy Dalton
Running Back	BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Fullback	Orson Charles
Wide Receiver	A. J. Green
Wide Receiver	Mohamed Sanu
Tight End	Jermaine Gresham
Left Tackle	Andrew Whitworth
Left Guard	Clint Boling
Center	Kyle Cook
Right Guard	Kevin Zeitler
Right Tackle	Andre Smith
	Defense
Left End	Carlos Dunlap
Nose Tackle	Domata Peko
Right Tackle	Geno Atkins
Right End	Michael Johnson
Sam LB	James Harrison
Mike LB	Rey Maualuga
Will LB	Vontaze Burfict
Left CB	Terrence Newman
Right CB	Leon Hall
Strong Safety	George Iloka
Free Safety	Reggie Nelson
	Special Teams
Kicker	Mike Nugent
Punter	Kevin Huber
K-Return	Brandon Tate
P-Return	Adam Jones
Predictions
Record	10-6
Division	1st Tie (2nd in tiebreaker)

 

Team	Cleveland Browns
Head Coach	Rob Chudzinski
O-Coord.	Norv Turner
D-Coord.	Ray Horton
Projected Starting Lineup
Position	Player
	Offense
Quarterback	Brandon Weeden
Running Back	Trent Richardson
Fullback	Chris Ogbonnaya
Wide Receiver	Josh Gordon
Wide Receiver	Greg Little
Tight End	Jordan Cameron
Left Tackle	Joe Thomas
Left Guard	John Greco
Center	Alex Mack
Right Guard	Shaun Lauvao
Right Tackle	Mitchell Schwartz
	Defense
Left End	Ahtyba Rubin
Nose Tackle	Phil Taylor
Right End	Desmond Bryant
Left OLB	Paul Kruger
Left ILB	Craig Robertson
Right ILB	D’Qwell Jackson
Right OLB	Jabaal Sheard
Left CB	Joe Haden
Right CB	Buster Skrine
Strong Safety	T. J. Ward
Free Safety	Tashaun Gipson
	Special Teams
Kicker	Shayne Graham
Punter	Spencer Lanning
K-Return	Johnson Bademosi
P-Return	Travis Benjamin
Predictions
Record	7-9
Division	4th

 

Team	Pittsburgh Steelers
Head Coach	Mike Tomlin
O-Coord.	Todd Haley
D-Coord.	Dick Lebeau
Projected Starting Lineup
Position	Player
	Offense
Quarterback	Ben Roethlisberger
Running Back	Isaac Redman
Fullback	Will Johnson
Wide Receiver	Emmanuel Sanders
Wide Receiver	Antonio Brown
Tight End	Heath Miller
Left Tackle	Mike Adams
Left Guard	Ramon Foster
Center	Maurkice Pouncey
Right Guard	David DeCastro
Right Tackle	Marcus Gilbert
	Defense
Left End	Ziggy Hood
Nose Tackle	Steve McLendon
Right End	Brett Keisel
Left OLB	Lamarr Woodley
Left ILB	Larry Foote
Right ILB	Lawrence Timmons
Right OLB	Jason Worilds
Left CB	Cortez Allen
Right CB	Ike Taylor
Strong Safety	Troy Polamalu
Free Safety	Ryan Clark
	Special Teams
Kicker	Shaun Suisham
Punter	Drew Butler
K-Return	Emmanuel Sanders
P-Return	Antonio Brown
Predictions
Record	8-8
Division	3rd