AFC North

Quick Hits: Pro Bowler Joe Mixon Counts Sunday As Playoff Debut: "It has to be a playoff-like atmosphere. Hope the fans can do whatever they can"

Bengals newly-minted Pro Bowl running back Joe Mixon went on record Wednesday night saying he’d rather go to the Super Bowl. By Thursday morning before practice he was calling Sunday’s AFC North scrum for first place (1 p.m.-Cincinnati’s Local 12) against the Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium his first career playoff game.

That will happen when both clubs are 8-6 and in first place.