TSN football analyst Chris Schultz breaks down all the teams and each division in the NFL leading up to the regular season.
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Jersey . Next up, the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh
Steelers, and Cleveland Browns in the AFC North. Baltimore Ravens In 2014, the
8-8 season that the Baltimore Ravens experienced was to be expected. Coming off
the 2013 Super Bowl, the absence of Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and others, a quarterback
that now receives a about a million dollars a game, it was just football logical
that a regression of success would happen. The good news is that was then, this
is now. In the AFC North there are three teams that could finish anywhere
between first and third. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Baltimore are all very
similar but with head coach John Harbaugh and Ozzie Newsome now in his 19th year
as a key decision maker, it is difficult to think this will be anything but a
first place division winning team. Especially coming off a playoff-absent year
with a younger and hungrier team. Joe Flacco did not have a good year last year.
Ray Rice had a terrible off-season. Both players will bounce back by mid-season.
In free agency, by acquiring Steve Smith the Ravens acquired emotional
leadership. In the draft, by taking CJ Mosley they found a "ready to play"
linebacker. And Torrey Smith as a receiver and Jimmy Smith as a cornerback are
as good as any in the league. There is just too much football talent on an
individual basis not to be optimistic about this season. An absolute key will be
Week 1, 2 and 3: Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and at Cleveland. If Baltimore is 3-0
everyone in the division will be chasing them. If they go 0-3 they will be
chasing everybody. Baltimore can make or break their season in September.
Someone has to step in and replace Michael Oher at right tackle and they may
need a fullback as both Shaun Chapas and Kyle Juszczyk are only second year
players and not proven over a 16-game schedule. But if you believe in the
trickledown effect, that if the strength of an organization is at the very top
and because it is so strong everything else trickles down, Steve Bisciotti,
Ozzie Newsome and John Harbaugh are just too good at their chosen profession not
to have the Ravens bounce back in a big way here in 2014. Ravens will finish
first in the AFC North. Cincinnati Bengals The Bengals have been a remarkably
successful team during the regular season. In 2011 they went 9-7. In 2012, they
finished 10-6. And last year, they had their best season of the three, finishing
11-5. But the Bengals have been a remarkably unsuccessful team in the playoffs.
Under Marvin Lewis, who is a proven NFL coach, they are 0-5 in the postseason.
And in those games they have not scored more than 17 points and have been
outscored 132 to 64. Are the Bengals due this year to turn it around after the
16 games of the regular season? We wont know until January of 2015. This year
they are off to a good start by wrapping up QB Andy Dalton and signing him for a
lot of years and a lot of money. Dalton has his critics but who else is out
there? Nobody. I think Cincinnati will finish second or third in the AFC North.
They lost a very good defensive coordinator in Mike Zimmer and a very good
offensive coordinator in Jay Gruden. Both received head coaching opportunities
in Minnesota and Washington, respectively, and that says a lot. It is one thing
to go from coordinator to coordinator from one team to another but to both
receive head coaching positions means their value is in the extreme. Cincinnati
has some great young talent. Giovani Bernard on offence and Vontaze Burfict on
defence. And they do have a top-5 receiver in AJ Green who has caught more
passes in his first three seasons than any receiver in NFL history with 260. But
can they win the division again? The most important two games in the schedule
happen in the last month of the season. First there is December 7 at Pittsburgh,
and then in Week 17, December 28 at Pittsburgh. With a very balanced roster
those two dates could be for first, second, or even third place in the AFC
North. I think it will be for second. Bengals to finish second in the AFC North.
Pittsburgh Steelers Just like the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals
the Pittsburgh Steelers could finish first in the AFC North or third. It comes
down to the head-to-head divisional games. Last year they split games with the
Ravens and Bengals, and beat the Browns twice. On the plus side Pittsburgh
finished strong last year, going 6-2 over the last eight games and 8-4 over the
last 12. On the "wait-and-see" side of things the Steelers are all of a sudden a
much younger team on defence. Only Ike Taylor and Troy Polamalu are over age 30.
It will be interesting to see how Dick LeBeau educates and manages his youth and
inexperience. Sometimes the toughest aspect of winning football to create is to
go from 8-8, as the Steelers did for the last two years, to 10-6 which can get
you into the playoffs. At 32 it may be up to Ben Roethlisberger to get it done
by himself. The player who was the biggest surprise to me was left tackle
Kelvin Beachum, number 68. He is going into his third year and was a
seventh-round draft pick out of SMU. Not many seventh-round draft picks become
starters in their second year and I would not say dominant but he played like an
eighth-year starter. The offensive line for Pittsburgh could be a genuine
strength by the end of the year. The Steelers were an old team last year but not
this time around as they went through the painful process of getting younger.
Now, believe it or not their oldest player is their best player in Polamalu at
33. How many years he has left is unknown - or maybe how many years he has left
playing the style of football he plays - which I call "dangerous". Dangerous for
himself and his opponent. Pittsburgh does have impact players on offence with
Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and LeVeon Bell but their impact player on defence
is still Troy Polamalu. If the Steelers do not make the playoffs this year it
will be the first time since 1998 to 2000 that there were three consecutive
"down years" for that franchise. The competition in the division is as good
maybe as the NFC West. And because of that, the Steelers will finish third in
the AFC North. Cleveland Browns In the last five seasons the Browns have won
either five or four games, depending on the year. Overall the argument can be
made that Cleveland is the most dysfunctional team in all of NFL football. The
reasons are simple. Too many owners, too many head coaches and too many
quarterbacks. Continuity has been a challenge but maybe, just maybe, it changes
this year. All the attention is on Johnny Manziel but there are other aspects of
Browns football that are more than respectable. The loss of Josh Gordon is the
same for the Browns as if Detroit lost Calvin Johnson. Gordon changes games. But
Miles Austin, Nate Burleson, Andrew Hawkins and Earl Bennett are all proven
receivers. And that is the frustration with the Browns, they have talent. They
have two good cornerbacks in Justin Gilbert and Joe Haden, and Joe Thomas and
Alex Mack at tackle and centre. Jordan Cameron is a Pro Bowl player at tight
end. But for whatever the reason it never comes together for more than five
wins. With that, Mike Pettine has his challenge. The newest head coach does have
a defensive system that is proven and has an offensive coordinator in Kyle
Shanahan who is experienced. But somehow it all has to come together beginning
on September 7 in Pittsburgh. Who will be at quarterback? I am betting on
Brian Hoyer. He only played in three games last year but it forced
Brandon Weeden to Dallas and he played well. Manziels time is coming but Hoyers
time is now. Its all new again for the Browns: head coach, offensive and
defensive coordinators and general manager in Ray Farmer. Its all new again,
except for one thing - they will finish fourth again in the AFC North.
Rose Lavelle Soccer
Jersey . Raymond, 31, started 15 regular-season games for the Stamps in
2013, racking up 51 tackles. He also returned two kickoffs for 79 yards
including a 61-yarder.
Megan Rapinoe Soccer
Jersey . In a pregame tribute commemorating his final contest at Coors
Field on Wednesday night, Helton caught the ceremonial first pitch from his
daughter with his wife, younger daughter and good friend Peyton Manning watching
from the field.
http://www.socceruswnt.com/gina-lewandowski-usa-jersey/ . -- Theres been so much talk about Mike Moustakas at the plate that the third
baseman ignored the conversation Wednesday -- even after doing something
positive. MONTREAL -- Charles Hamelin took another step toward the overall world
championship title, but the bad luck goes on for Canadas relay team. Hamelin
overcame a weak start to win bronze in the 500-metre race behind winner Wu
Dajing of China and American J.R. Celski on Saturday at the world short track
speed skating championship. The Ste-Julie, Que., skater cut to the outside in a
desperate bid for the win and came close to catching Celski at the finish line
with the large crowd at the Maruice Richard Arena in a frenzy. "The four guys in
that final were the four best 500-metre skaters in the world, so it was tough,"
said Hamelin, who was coming off a win in the 1,500-metre event on Friday. "I
made a little mistake at the beginning. "I got passed by the Russian (Victor An)
and was back in fourth place. I had a lot of speed. I went outside. It was my
last option. I tried my best and was almost second." The 29-year-old, who has
twice been runner-up for the overall title but never won it, leads the standings
heading into the final two individual events -- the 1,000 and 3,000 metres -- on
Sunday. An, a five-time overall world champion formerly known as Ahn Hyun-Soo,
finished fourth. Park Seung-Hi of South Korea won the womens 500-metres ahead of
Elise Christie of Britain and Fan Kexin of China. Disaster struck for the
Canadian team in the mens relay semifinals when veteran Olivier Jean got caught
in traffic and missed an exchange with Hamelin with only eight laps to go. The
mishap dropped Canada from second to last place among the four teams and they
couldnt catch up. Only the top two, Russia and Britain, earned a spot in Sundays
relay final. "We got passed by the Chinese guy on the corner where we exchanged
and it got mixed up.," said Michael Gilday of Yellowknife. "We didnt get our
exchange in until a lap later and the other teams had already launched away.
"Olivier was supposed to exchange with Charles on the corner where he got pushed
out. There were a bunch of skaters and they couldnt tag together. It was a
mess." At the Sochi Olympics three weeks ago, Canadas favoured relay team was
eliminated in the semifinals when Francois Hamelin stepped on a marker disc and
fell. "Thats short track," said Gilday. "It sucks. Clearly we havent had the
breaks this year." Souuth Korea and the Netherlands will also contest the mens
relay final.
Becky
Sauerbrunn Jersey. Canada will have a team in the womens final. Jean opted
not to talk to the media. The Lachanie, Que. skater, who was celebrating his
30th birthday, had been eliminated in the 500-metre quarter-finals along with
Charle Cournoyer of Boucherville, Que., the bronze medallist in the event in
Sochi. Marianne St-Gelais of St. Felicien, Que., and Marie-Eve Drolet of
Laterriere, Que., were both ousted in the womens semifinals. "Im pretty happy,
actually, because its not my best distance," said Drolet, who will have a better
shot at a medal in the 1,000-metre race. "Im not a great sprinter, so it was
super-fun to see that I could be fast and do a good race." St-Gelais said she
may have psyched herself out before her semifinal because of an outside starting
position. "I think I got scared at the (starting) line," she said. "I was
thinking I would be squished behind two girls. Usually I dont think about those
kinds of things, but that idea crossed my mind just before the start. I knew my
race was done at that point." It was a happier day for Christie, who was shut
out of the medals in Sochi after being penalized three times. The Scottish
skater shot out to the lead off the start, only to be passed on the next-to-last
lap by Park. It looked like the two might collide, but Christie said she backed
off of any contact. "I probably could have won, but in the back of my head I was
thinking about the fact that I got penalties, so when Park came through I let
her go," said Christie. "I didnt try to get past because I just didnt want to
get another penalty, to be honest." Christie came to the world championship
seeking to redeem the Sochi setback and now is looking forward to her best
event, the 1,000-metres. "It is my beat distance, but again, Ill be racing quite
withdrawn," she said. "Im trying to stay out of fights and stuff, so that could
play to my disadvantage. But maybe now that Ive got a medal, I might just go for
it." Park won bronze in the 1,500-metres on Friday. She was a gold medallist in
the 1,000-metre and the womens relay and got bronze in the 500-metres in Sochi.
The Olympic 500-metre champion, Li Jiarrou of China, is not competing at the
world championship.
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