Mike Tomlin is all too familiar with the AFC North and what the divisional games within the group of four teams entail.

In Tomlin's 19 seasons as the Steelers head coach, he has coached in 108 AFC North regular-season games. He will coach his 109th divisional game on Oct. 12 against the Browns and 12th against head coach Kevin Stefanski in Week 6.

"I'm a competition junkie. I just think the divisional component of how our schedules are aligned in today's game, the intimacies specifically of the AFC North, the stability within the programs," Tomlin said. "Kevin (Stefanski) has been in Cleveland for a number of years, I've known (Browns defensive coordinator) Jim Schwartz for a long time. I think that intimacy, that knowledge, creates competition. I think the geographic proximity creates a

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