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That makes sense, but don't forget that all these teams play each other. Chiefs have a lot of "we win either way games" coming up: Jags/Chargers: Either the Chargers get another loss or it knocks the Jags further down in the wildcard chase Jags/Broncos: Ditto Jags/Colts twice: Even a split is good, but if the Colts are truly great and beat the Jags twice then Jacksonville is buried in the wild card race Chargers/Steelers: If the Chargers win it pushes the Steelers back, making it less likely that the non-winner of the AFC North gets a Wild Card since they play each other a bunch still Chiefs have head to head on the Ravens already, so they can tie them for the #7 seed if need be. Ravens are in real trouble. They have the Packers, Vikings, Steelers twice, Patriots (a "we win either way" game for the Bills!) and a possibly Burrowed Bengals team that might have a sliver of hope because of how meh that division is.

The Tuck Rule! I can't believe I forgot that one too! NE was so easy to hate. That's why I referred to the Chiefs as the modern version of Manning's Colts teams. If Brady played a decade earlier Indy would be today's Chiefs. Winning a ton, going to 4-5 Sper Bowls, winning some, getting obliterated in some. Just not the same level of hateability.

Denver is 7-2 I stand by my earlier point. Lots of artificially inflated records in the AFC

It's so strange to see a FG fall short

Lots of coaches rocking the safety glasses look these days

Wait a second... Receiver re established but it's still incomplete? Didn't we see a similar play in our game?

Go Raiders! This would be an unexpected but very welcome upset

Chiefs are different from the Brady/Belihick Patriots though... First of all, the Chiefs have never felt "unbeatable" the way NE did. The Patriots almost never lost the "big games" NE also didn't get blown out in Super Bowls twice in a handful of years. Chiefs win a ton and have 3 rings but also got curb stomped twice in the SB, which is much different from losing a couple hard fought upsets in the SB by a few points. NE was also much more hateable. It often felt like they were sneaking out the back door with a win. And it always went their way. Chargers playoff game (Brady throws the game ending INT then the dumbass Chargers DB fumbles the ball instead of just going down) Ravens playoff game (can't move the ball then suddenly Belichick dials up some obscure dubiously legal formation that the Ravens cannot stop) Chiefs AFC Title game (Brady throw the game ending INT but a dumbass Chiefs DL was lined up Offside) Not to mention pass interference calls that would make Mahomes blush. Spying on other team's locker rooms (allegedly), stealing signals, opposing team's communications always were spotty in Foxborough, and on and on Let us not forget the dark reign of the Patriots as we pursue our dislike for KC. NE was and embraced being the Evil Empire that broke hearts and stole souls. It made them such an incredible villain, and the Super Bowls they lost were some of the most fun games I have ever watched. KC is Manning's Colts if Brady played a decade earlier.

If that is actually true it's insane. Breece Hall for a late 3rd is a steal.

no way the Jets can fire Glenn now after trading those players on defense To me this is "tear it down, rebuild it with Glenn setting the new culture" Kind of strange that Wilson was untouchable. Why? It will be several years before the Jets can realize any value from having him on the roster.

Sad part is a DL with an Achilles I assume will take until 2027 season to really be back full strength It's a hell of an injury to come back from, especially for a big man where you're applying full force to that tendon every play He could very well be on the field in 2026, but I would not expect the version of him we saw for 6 quarters or whatever it was

It's artificial. What I mean is, to some degree, these records are a product of schedule anomalies that will soon be remedied. Many of these 7-2, 6-3 teams are either in the same divisions or haven't had their AFC crossovers yet. Yes, they won the games they won, but they also still play each other, sometimes twice between now and the end of the season. In other words, there will be many losses allocated between these teams in the coming weeks, because they all play each other. It's just math. Some could very well still rise above, but I predict a lot of split division series and up and down weeks for these teams to come. This is exactly the dream scenario that the league wished for when they started backloading division games. When you have something like the AFC West, AFC South and even the AFC North where multiple teams have a real shot and they all play each other still, it makes for weeks of compelling games later in the year and teams not resting guys. Good news: the Eagles game and red helmet games will almost certainly matter for the Bills (and Eagles).

Jets will have nothing left...

Colts are going for it! They have a tough road the rest of the season, so it will be interesting to see how good they really are.

lots of interesting games this week, and it's only going to pick up in weeks to come!

His dead cap hit would be 40 ish million, but it's not undoable. Browns have a long rebuild coming and could use the extra picks. I would assume it would take something crazy like 3 first round picks or 2 firsts and a player.

the Broncos or Seahawks "holy crap trade" could be Myles Garrett

Nicely done by Arizona!

I figured since nobody was arguing that it must have been ok... Great play by the Cardinals RB to go down in bounds Brutal Miss there

Arizona defender went out of bounds and touched it first?

Yeahhhh here we go About to be a 3 point game. Every Cowboys game is the same script Hopeless, everyone booing, commentators dogging them, then suddenly they score at will

Why is the clock not moving?

Looks like Cardinals line is moving before the center snaps

Like I said, Arizona better make some plays on offense or Dallas is coming all the way back