Name your top 5 offensive players in this division.

gumby73

Joe Thomas, Yanda, Steve Smith Sr.,Gary Barnidge, Ant. Brown

gftChris

On a related note, if there's a division all star team from each division, the AFC North would do pretty well. With Brown, Smith, Green and Eifert catching passes from Big Ben, Bell in the backfield, and that OL? Look out.

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No Steelers.

The Gipper

I will do skill players only first...and look at each position:

QB: BR

RB: Would be Bell but he will be suspended, in lieu of him...Jeremy Hill?

(but don't be surprised if the Crow/Duke combo isn't as good as any)

WR1: A. Brown

WR 2: AJ Green

TE: Barnidge

Best 5 OL, regardless of position:

Joe Thomas

Marshall Yanda

Andrew Whitworth

David DeCastro

Joel Bitonio

gftChris

I'd struggle to put Barnidge as the top TE in the division ahead of Eifert.

Tour2ma

My Top Five:

Ben Rothlesberger - the Division's most dominant QB has to top my list.
Antonio Brown - as near to uncoverable as there is in the Division.
Joe Thomas - an LT that you never have to worry about? Priceless... ( Hi, Ghoolie)
Marshall Yanda - as dominant an interior OL as there is in the league.
Geno Atkins - when he's healthy, he's the most dominant interior DL in the Division.

Honorable Mentions:

Steelers: Le'Veon Bell, David DeCastro, Maurkice Pouncey, Ryan Shazier
Bengals: Gio Bernard, Vonteze Burfict, Tyler Eifert, A.J. Green, Keven Zeitler
Ravens: C.J. Mosley, Eric Weddell
Browns: Gary Barnidge, Joel Bitonio, Andy Lee, Mitchell Schwartz

gftChris

Ravens: A.J. Green, C.J. Mosley, Eric Weddell

Move AJ over.

Also for the ravens, dumerville/suggs/flacco/smith don't get a mention?

calfoxwc

Joe Thomas

Corey Coleman

Joel Bitonio

Gary Barnidge

Duke Johnson

None better, none more solid.

The Gipper

@gftchris said:
I'd struggle to put Barnidge as the top TE in the division ahead of Eifert.

Well, correct me if I am wrong....but Barnidge made the Pro Bowl, and Eifert didn't. Let's go on actual production...not just what we think the potential of each player is.

gftChris

@the-gipper said:
Well, correct me if I am wrong....but Barnidge made the Pro Bowl, and Eifert didn't. Let's go on actual production...not just what we think the potential of each player is.

Well, you *are* wrong, Eifert made the pro bowl (Barnidge was an alternate), and caught 13 TDs to Barnidge's 9. So, there's that.

MLD Woody

@gftchris said:
Well, you *are* wrong, Eifert made the pro bowl (Barnidge was an alternate), and caught 13 TDs to Barnidge's 9. So, there's that.

So he's wrong on the pro bowl attendance side and the production side.

I'd go Eifert as well

calfoxwc

@gftchris said:
Well, you *are* wrong, Eifert made the pro bowl (Barnidge was an alternate), and caught 13 TDs to Barnidge's 9. So, there's that.

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Your point isn't valid, - the Bengals' offense has offensive stars. Sure, a te that plays

in a successful offense with A. G. Green, Jeremy Hill at rb... sure, the offense

can get a lot more passes to their TE.

gftChris

@calfoxwc said:

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Your point isn't valid, - the Bengals' offense has offensive stars. Sure, a te that plays

in a successful offense with A. G. Green, Jeremy Hill at rb... sure, the offense

can get a lot more passes to their TE.

There's so much wrong in this I don't know where to start.

calfoxwc

go ahead, make my hay. Comparing the @ of TD's of one TE on a

plyaoff team offense to the # of td's by a TE on a poor offensive team...

there is a lot more to the story than the simple comparison. That's all.

MLD Woody

One plays for the Browns and is currently in our good graces. Therefore he is the best.

The Gipper

@tour2ma said:

My Top Five:

Ben Rothlesberger - the Division's most dominant QB has to top my list.

Antonio Brown - as near to uncoverable as there is in the Division.

Joe Thomas - an LT that you never have to worry about? Priceless... ( Hi, Ghoolie)

Marshall Yanda - as dominant an interior OL as there is in the league.

Geno Atkins - when he's healthy, he's the most dominant interior DL in the Division.

Asked for offense....perhaps a "defense" category can also be done.

Honorable Mentions:

Steelers: Le'Veon Bell, David DeCastro, Maurkice Pouncey, Ryan Shazier

Bengals: Gio Bernard, Vonteze Burfict, Tyler Eifert, Keven Zeitler

Ravens: A.J. Green, C.J. Mosley, Eric Weddell

When did AJ Green play for the Ravens?

Browns: Gary Barnidge, Joel Bitonio, Andy Lee, Mitchell Schwartz

tiamat63

Ben

Brown

JT

Green

Yanda

If Haden or Atkins were healthy I'd consider slipping either of them in over Green because they can be that good. However they aren't. Though Geno might round back into form with a full off-season to get healthy.

Effiert is an elite TE and will probably supplant Yanda on this list soon enough.

gftChris

@calfoxwc said:

go ahead, make my hay. Comparing the @ of TD's of one TE on a

plyaoff team offense to the # of td's by a TE on a poor offensive team...

there is a lot more to the story than the simple comparison. That's all.

OK so I'll start with 'AG' Green. Moving on. On 125 targets, Barnidge had 79 receptions (63%), 9 TDs (7.2%) and 1043 yards (8.3 ypr). On 74 targets, Eifert had 52 reception (70%), 13 TDs (25%), and 615 yards (8.3 ypr). The fact that Eifert got so many TDs with such a smaller number of targets can't make him a worse player - Barnidge was one of the only offensive threats we had, and that's reflected in his number of targets. So the idea that Eifert is a lesser player because " the offense

can get a lot more passes to their TE" is kinda stupid.

I'm not here to say barnidge is a bad player, I'm glad we have him on our team, but to say he's better than Eifert is a stretch.

Tour2ma

@the-gipper said:
Asked for offense....perhaps a "defense" category can also be done.

Oops....

@gftchris said:

Ravens: A.J. Green, C.J. Mosley, Eric Weddell
Move AJ over.

Also for the ravens, dumerville/suggs/flacco/smith don't get a mention?

Suggs and Dummerville are too long in the tooth for me to consider.

Flacco? No... never have "felt" him.

Considered Smith, but I thought he'd retired. If he plays, he's in...

@calfoxwc said:
there is a lot more to the story than the simple comparison. That's all.

Yes, there is...

Barn maximized what he has for one full season.
Eifert is the better athlete and it showed in a healthy, 2015 season.
Both need to wash, rinse and repeat.

Greatness at other positions creates competition for touches. Barn 79 receptions; Tyler 52.

The Gipper

@tour2ma said:

Yes, there is...

Barn maximized what he has for one full season.

Eifert is the better athlete and it showed in a healthy, 2015 season.

Both need to wash, rinse and repeat.

Greatness at other positions creates competition for touches. Barn 79 receptions; Tyler 52.

OK, my bad. I see that Eifert did make the Pro Bowl last year as well. So, it is a close call between those two.