Required Reading: Links to the Best in AFC North Coverage, 6/18 Edition

Today's AFC North Required Reading includes a strange worry for some Baltimore Ravens fans, a look at whether Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is on his way out and six reasons why things are looking up for the Cleveland Browns this year.

Bleacher Report's Brooke Jordan says that the Baltimore Ravens must make the offense strong enough to match their defense this year.

Apparently, there are Ravens fans who believe that quarterback Joe Flacco having a newborn son will somehow harm the team's chances for victory. The Baltimore Sun's Kevin Cowherd slams this line of thinking.

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is going into his final year of his contract with the team, and no extension is imminent. Matt Gray of Bleacher Report wonders if this means Lewis is done in Cincinnati, regardless of how well the team does this year.

Bengals cornerback Adam Jones will be speaking at this year's NFL Rookie Symposium to instruct the first-year players to learn from, and not make, the same mistakes he has during his career.

Mike Hoag, Jr., of Bleacher Report gives us the six most encouraging signs of the offseason that the Cleveland Browns are on the road to improvement.

Browns team president Mike Holmgren attempted to mend fences with upset former Brown (and one-time team consultant) Jim Brown last week, but Bud Shaw of the Cleveland Plain Dealer says far more needs to be done to fix that relationship.

Bleacher Report's Joshua Hayes gives us the 13 best moments of now-retired Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward's career.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will not be reducing the first-round tender amount offered to holdout receiver Mike Wallace; instead, general manager Kevin Colbert says he hopes the team can get Wallace the kind of deal he deserves.

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