Hard Knocks in Season With the AFC North Gets First Trailer

In the summer, it was revealed that Hard Knocks will return this December... but this season, there's a twist.

For the first time ever, Hard Knocks will follow an entire division, and they've selected a competitive bunch in the AFC North, made up of the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers.

These four teams are battling it out to be Kings of the North, with the race looking to be solely between the Baltimore Ravens (7-4) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (8-2), who settled the score in their first gruelling match-up of the year on Sunday – a game which came down to the wire.

"Last season, the AFC North became the first division ever to have all four teams finish with a winning record, making it the perfect place to launch this new approach to Hard Knocks," said Keith Cossrow, Vice President and Head of Content, NFL Films, "We thank the Bengals, Browns, Ravens, and Steelers for the opportunity to showcase some of the greatest rivalries in football and present the intensity of a playoff chase from all four corners of this incredibly competitive division."

The first trailer has now been released, and it's got all the hard hits, behind-the-scenes at practice, and locker room pep talks you could ask for in this short teaser of what's to come this season.