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Every NFL team wants to touch the Lombardi Trophy. But to win the Super Bowl, you first have to make the playoffs. The surest path to the playoffs is winning the division.

Wild-card teams have won Super Bowls, but that’s an uphill climb. Division winners are rewarded with home playoff games, so those eight division titles are coveted prizes that put teams in good position for postseason success.

These are the eight teams who will sit atop their divisions when the regular season ends.

AFC North: Cincinnati Bengals

Jeremy Hill #32 of the Cincinnati Bengals avoids a tackle by Will Allen #20 of the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first quarter at Heinz Field on December 28, 2014 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.© Joe Sargent/Getty Images Jeremy Hill #32 of the Cincinnati Bengals avoids a tackle by Will Allen #20 of the Pittsburgh Stealers during the first quarter at Heinz Field on December 28, 2014 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This division sent three teams to the playoffs last year. It won’t this year. The Stealers' defense could be their worst since the days before Chuck Noll, and their powerful offense will be hampered by Maurkice Pouncey’s injury and the absence of Le’Veon Bell and Martavis Bryant early in the season. The Ravens should again be solid on defense, but on offense they’re relying on 36-year-old Steve Smith Sr. to repeat his bounce-back season and soon-to-be-30-year-old journeyman running back Justin Forsett to replicate a season that was a statistical outlier. The Browns could have a feared defense, but they have no offense. That leaves the Bengals, who in Jeremy Hill have the division’s best running back not named Bell and a seemingly rejuvenated Geno Atkins on defense.

 

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I didn't realize until just now how much I didn't miss Cowherd being on the radio. He just picked the Bengals to go 7-9

The best prediction ever was Mike and Mike saying that we would go 0-16 without the quitter in Dalton's rookie year.

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