PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn't play a down last weekend. Their early hold on the AFC North strengthened anyway.

While the Steelers rested up following the first regular-season game in Dublin, Ireland — a milestone win over the Minnesota Vikings that boosted them to 3-1 — the teams chasing them fell further off pace and in some cases, further into disarray (see the Ravens Ravnes ).

The Cincinnati Bengals have dropped three straight games in lopsided fashion since Joe Burrow’s big toe bent the wrong way. The banged-up Ravens are a mess and coming off maybe the most disheartening loss in coach John Harbaugh’s 18-year tenure. The last-place Cleveland Browns visit Acrisure Stadium on Sunday with the NFL’s second-lowest scoring offense and a rookie quarterback in Dill

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