Which team will have the most active and high powered offense? Again, give me the realistic, and the homer view.

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Really no homerism here. The Ravens offense will, at best, be no better than 2nd in the division and that is only if they get McNAir and he can play all 16 games. The real studs on offense reside in Cinncy unless they have to go with Wright.

Cleveland might surprise with Frye,Winslow and Edwards

Well the only answer to this question is the Cincinnati Bengals. With one of the top 5 offensive lines in the NFL, this balanced attack is once again locked and loaded for another great year! The running game with once again be realiable with Rudi Johnson running the rock and Chris Perry providing an electric change of pace and a realiable 3rd down back and receiving option. This duo may be called upon to shoulder a heavy load early, but they are more then capable.

The passing game hinges in large part on the return of Carson Palmer, but with Chad Johnson, T.J Housmandzadeh, and Chris Henry out wide, it should ease the transition back to Plamer as he regains confidence after the injury. And if he's out early, the weapons they will surround Wright with will be the best he has ever played with and should be enough to keep this offensive ship a float till Carson's return.

The rest of the divisoon has some ground to make up in this category, because Cincy is clearly the class of the division on this side of the ball.

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Pittsburgh will have the power and the glory. Palmer won't be ready and that will leave the Bengal's vunerable. By the time they round into shape it could be too late for them. The Steelers have the speed and power to go 14-2 this year and could break a few all-time Steeler records for output. Speed on the outside and speed and power on the inside. I'm not sure how you are going to stop them. The could average 28 pts a game. Parker could emerge as a td a game guy. Big Ben, if he can over come his horrible Superbowl performance, could throw a couple of Tds a game to become a fantasy force. Aside from one down year in the last five, in which injuries and a really poor training camp set the tone for that 6-10 diaster, the Steelers are the class of the division, offensively. Balance is their hallmark. And this year with Palmer sidelined for probably 4-5 games, the Steelers should lead in every meaningful offensive statistical category.

WOW, where to start! Do you even know your own team? "Balance is their Hallmark"???? What are you smoking and can I have some???? Let's look at this "balanced" offense and how they ranked last year:
Overall offense - #16
Rushing offense - #5
Passing offense - #30
Scoring offense - #9

When did a team ranked #5 in rushing and #30 in passing become balanced? And they have done what to suddenly increase a passing attack that has ranked in the bottom 5 for 2 straight years? The Pittsburgh offense is what it is. They are smash mouth, run your face in the ground, and let their defense do the dirty work. And they are damn good at it. But balance is something they are not, the numbers do not lie. Palmer could miss 4-5 games and this offense will still be superior to Pittsburgh's offensive numbers. In 03, with Jon Kitna at the helm, we had a blanced offense and superior offensive numbers to those of Pittsburgh last year. And the talent was not what it is now. Cincy's offensive ranks last year were:
Overall offense - #6
Rushing offense - #11
Passing offense - #5
Scoring offense - #4
Now that is balance, and that is a superior offense!

Those stats are very mis-leading. The Steelers, during Big Ben's tenure have tended to pass first and run second. Their early game ratios are where you need to look. The Steelers get the lead and "take the air" out of the ball. The tend toward statistical balance will emerge this season as Ben is en-trusted with more responsibility. You may be mislead, also, with the preconception that "balance" is a 50-50 ratio. Balance is a teams ability to use whatever it needs to win football games. When they have to pass they do with great success. Ben's yards per attempt was 8.4, by far the best in the league. When they have to run, they move the chains and dominate time of possession. That's balance. Looking at a game as a 60 minute affair is also misleading. The game the Steelers play is a 15-30 battle for the lead. And they they would just knock the snot out of you with their running game. A closer analysis of their early game dominance is where you find the true balance in their attack. Think outside the box and it will set you free and win you Superbowls.

You don't rank 30th in the league in passing and have a balanced attack. A balanced attack is when defenses are scared of both you rushing and passing abilities......noone is afraid of the Pittsburgh passing attack, in fact, they dare Big Ben to beat them. When you have to start out your argument with "Those stats are very mis-leading", it's a pretty week argument. The early game ratio's are not where you need to look, you need to look at their overall body of work, just not the snapshot that paints the picture you want. Like I said before, Pittsburgh is a lot of positive things on offense, but balanced is not one of them. They are a run dominated team. Sure they may try to pass some early to loosen up the D, but when you end result is the 30th ranked passing offense in the NFL, you simply don't have any balance. Spin it how you want, but Pittsburgh is a one dimensional offense.

Palmer will be back for opening day and have that offense back on track. The rest of the division just can't compete with the stripes.

There is no homer view here, it's a one team show for this. How can you not like a team that has Chad Johnson on it? They should name an award after this kid.