What We Learned from This Week in AFC North Media Coverage

Clearly, much of the talk about the AFC North this week revolved around the upcoming NFL draft.

For the Cleveland Browns, Bleacher Report's Mike Hoag, Jr. provided us with 10 players who could make quarterback Colt McCoy's life easier. The Cleveland Plain Dealer's Bud Shaw clearly believes running back Trent Richardson is one of them.

Steve Doerschuk of the Canton Repository still isn't sold on McCoy under center and believes Ryan Tannehill should be the Browns' top draft priority, while Sigmund Bloom of Bleacher Report wants McCoy to have one more year to prove himself.

With two first-round picks, the Cincinnati Bengals have a number of options, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer's Joe Reedy. CBS Sports' Clark Judge also broke down the Bengals' needs this year, and Bleacher Report's Clay Defayette provided us with five first-round draft targets for the team.

The Baltimore Ravens scheduled a meeting with top draft target Peter Konz this week, according to Aaron Wilson of the Carroll County Times. Bleacher Report's Steele Sanderson offers up a different option—the Ravens trading out of the first round completely.

Before we can understand much about what the Pittsburgh Steelers could do in the draft, we need to first know about their big board. The Sideline View's Lance Zeirlein provided us with an in-depth, comprehensive look at how the Steelers put theirs together.

Bleacher Report's Chris G. took a look at some of the offensive players the Steelers could have on that unorthodox big board.

The biggest non-draft nuggets this week came from the Ravens. The team managed to re-sign restricted free agent Lardarius Webb to a six-year deal; at the same time, veteran safety Ed Reed complained publicly about feeling disrespected by the Ravens.

Reed is looking for a new deal of his own and may choose to retire if he doesn't get it. Running back Ray Rice has threatened a holdout—or at least to skip OTAs—if he doesn't get a long-term contract, according to Ravens jack-of-all-trades Aaron Wilson. Wilson went on to report later in the week that the Ravens are feeling positive about the ongoing contract talks.

That's not the case in contract negotiations between the Ravens and self-proclaimed league-best quarterback Joe Flacco. Talks are reportedly going nowhere, according to general manager Ozzie Newsome.

Finally, Nike unveiled their new NFL uniforms on Tuesday; most went generally unchanged. Here's my take on the AFC North's new-ish looks.

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