By james art 
After the Steelers had their bye, the rest of the AFC North had a solid week, going 2-1 as the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals both scored 40 points, while the Cleveland Browns lost to the Los Angeles Chargers, with QB Jameis Winston throwing three interceptions in the second half.
In Baltimore, Lamar Jackson could do no wrong in the first half, going 11-12 for 208 yards and two touchdowns, both against WR Zay Flowers, as the Ravens raced to a 24-10 halftime lead against the Denver Broncos. Derrick Henry added to that lead with his second touchdown of the game with 9:36 left in the second half to give Baltimore a three-point lead at 31-10. The Ravens would continue the blowout, taking a 31-point lead on Justin Tucker’s 38-yard field goal to go up 41-10 with just over 12 minutes left in the game.
Baltimore would close out the 41-10 victory and move to 6-3 on the season after one of its best performances of the year.
Fresh off an upset win over the Ravens, the Cleveland Browns took on the Los Angeles Chargers and their top-notch defense. Cleveland’s offense struggled to move the football as the Chargers got behind WR Quentin Johnston’s four receptions for 131 yards in the first half as the Chargers took a 20-3 lead inside the locker room at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland.
Cleveland was driving early in the second half when QB Jameis Winston threw an interception in the red zone and Winston threw another interception in the third quarter with Cleveland trailing by 17. Cameron Dicker missed a field goal for the Chargers to keep the score 20-3 , but Winston threw his third interception of the second half on the ensuing dunk. Los Angeles would add another touchdown to extend their lead to 27-3, which would all but seal the deal in a 27-10 win after the Browns scored a garbage touchdown on a pass to WR Cedric Tillman. The loss dropped Cleveland to 2-7.
Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals had a 17-10 halftime lead over the Las Vegas Raiders, with QB Joe Burrow also having a big half, completing 18 of 21 passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Cincinnati did a good job limiting the Raiders on the ground as they ran for just 38 yards in the opening half.
The Bengals would extend their lead early in the second half with a touchdown pass from Burrow to TE Drew Sample, and Cincinnati followed with Burrough’s fourth touchdown pass of the game after a layoff, this one to TE Mike Gesicki, who scored his first touchdown as a member of the Bengals as Cincinnati took a 31-10 lead. Las Vegas will then bench QB Gardner Minshew II and he is replaced by QB Desmond Ridder. Burrow would have his first touchdown of the day with 13:17 left in the game as CB Jack Jones recovered a pick-six after jumping on a pass to cut Cincinnati’s lead to 31-17.
But Burrow would connect deep with Gesicki for a 48-yard touchdown and the Bengals would push the lead to 38-17, which with 5:37 left would prove insurmountable. Cincinnati would go on to win 41-24 on a late Raiders touchdown to move to 4-5 on the season.
Everything went more or less as expected, although Baltimore winning in such dominant fashion was a bit of a surprise, as the Broncos have been a surprising 5-3 team this season. But Baltimore dominated from start to finish, and the Week 11 Steelers-Ravens matchup could turn out to be a classic.