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He'd Be a Good Oakland Raider!: AFC North

 
This is part six of an eight part series detailing players that have jumped out at me and made me say, "Man!!  That guy would be a good Raider!" The AFC North is becoming one of the stronger divisions in the league.  It's a division that consists of teams that were once part of the old AFC Central division.  Tradition is a major factor amongst these teams along with some odd spins. Pittsburgh is the one team not related to the rest in some weird way.  The Cleveland Browns were once the dominant team of the NFL, coached by none other than Paul Brown.  Paul Brown left the Cleveland Browns after being fired by majority owner Art Modell and later went to the AFL as principal owner of the Cincinnati Bengals, natural geographical rivals to the Browns and the Steelers.  Baltimore in the meantime had the Colts, until that franchise up and moved in the middle of the night to Indianapolis. Almost 30 years after Paul Brown became owner of the Bengals, Art Modell ... (link)

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