It took half a season, but the AFC North is finally living up to the preseason hype

Going into the 2023 season, predicting that the NFL’s best division would be the AFC North was no hot take. It was considered the only division in which all four teams had a chance to make the playoffs. Last year, that honor went to the AFC West and the wheels proved to be creaky a few weeks into the season for every team except the Kansas City Chiefs. The AFC North appears to have recovered from its early-season slump. It is now the only…