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2019 NFL Draft Do-Overs: AFC North

By Bryan Perez

MUNCIE, IN - OCTOBER 26: Diontae Johnson #3 of the Toledo Rockets scores a touchdown in the third quarter against the Ball State Cardinals at Scheumann Stadium on October 26, 2017 in Muncie, Indiana. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
MUNCIE, IN - OCTOBER 26: Diontae Johnson #3 of the Toledo Rockets scores a touchdown in the third quarter against the Ball State Cardinals at Scheumann Stadium on October 26, 2017 in Muncie, Indiana. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 25: A general view of signage during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 25: A general view of signage during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

The AFC North is going to be one of the most fun divisions to follow in 2019. The remade Cleveland Browns appear poised to dethrone the longtime division-best Pittsburgh Steelers, while the Baltimore Ravens and even Cincinnati Bengals can’t be dismissed as teams capable of making a push for a wild card.

To make things even more competitive, the AFC North had pretty good returns in the 2019 NFL Draft. The Browns led the way with their first-round trade for Odell Beckham, Jr., while the Steelers restored the team’s legacy at inside linebacker with the selection of Devin Bush.

But with the good also came some bad. Every team in every division would like to have a do-over or two, and we’ve already reviewed a draft do-over for every team in the NFC here:

NFC East
NFC North
NFC West
NFC South
AFC East

We won’t know how each draft class truly pans out until a few years from now. So this assessment is based on pre-draft scouting reports and what the team’s roster composition was at the time. Sure, if they made a few moves since the draft concluded, we’ll take that into consideration. But for the most part, rosters have remained pretty stable.

Remember: We’re only replacing the player who was picked with a player selected after him. It would be foolish to suggest a team should’ve taken someone who was already off the board at the time they selected, so we’re not factoring in trade-up scenarios.

It this installment of our ‘Draft Do-Overs’ series, we’ll touch on the AFC North.

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