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At the halfway point of 2022, who is the best team in the AFC? (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=345953)

At some point we really need to start talking about the Jets and Dolphins. We've been locked onto the Bills for so long i feel like we're not considering other potential matchups.

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Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 16588290)

At some point we really need to start talking about the Jets and Dolphins. We've been locked onto the Bills for so long i feel like we're not considering other potential matchups.

Jets have a good defense but I just can't trust their QB at all. Their offense looked to be making strides but then Breece Hall blew his knee out. That guy looked like a superstar before he got hurt. He gave their offense an explosive playmaker, but to be fair they beat the Bills without him.

Chiefs/Bills are the cream of the crop - can go either way.

Titans have an incredible defense and if the rookie QB gets to Lamar Jackson level, watch out for them.

Jets are up and coming but need a few more offensive tools

Miami has weapons like crazy on offense but they let up a shit ton of points

Bengals getting healthy but they wobble

Ravens always dangerous but they have big let downs

Patriots are over achievers

Chargers are the Chargers

The rest suck

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 16588302)

Any team with corners who can cover us in man and a Dline that can pressure with 4 should be a concern of ours.

I think it's been somewhat obvious now that teams are playing us differently without Hill. They're playing closer to the LoS, they're playing more man than ever before and they don't respect our deep passing attack like they use to.

And through 8 games now, it's been a struggle against good defenses. Aside from two games, nothing has come easy.

The counter to that obviously is to start hitting more shots downfield. But against a team with a good DL and good corners, that's going to be a real challenge as we saw against the Titans.

I feel like this season there's a philosophical shift on how we have to view these matchups.

We have to reevaluate that Seattle matchup. They have a legit RB and run game, and a passing attack that likes to take downfield strikes off a real effective play action.

And the Broncos won't be as easy as we collectively think.

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Originally Posted by DRM08 (Post 16588279)

I don't think there's much separation between a bunch of these teams. I would include Miami, Cincy, & Tennessee in the Tier 1 group.

Does KC beat the Titans if Tannehill was playing? They were lucky it was a struggling backup QB in that game.

Cincy was 2-0 against the Chiefs last year and there's reason to believe it will be another tough battle against them later this season as well.

Miami has 3 losses directly from Tua's injuries. They have beaten Buffalo & Baltimore when Tua was on the field.

If you include Cinci, Tennessee, and Miami in tier 1 then I think you have to include Baltimore as well and I think that's too much.

It's football so matchups, day of the week, injuries, etc, all play a role in the outcome and any team can beat another.

Generally speaking, I just think KC, BUF and BAL are a step ahead of the others. The Bills have a top 5 offense and top 5 defense, KC has the best offense in the league, and I'm high on the Ravens because they just added Roquan Smith.

Miami in particular is an inferior version of KC. Their offense isn't quite as good and their defense is even worse than ours, Tennessee is a good squad but they're having issues at QB, and Cinci is missing Jamarr Chase for a while (and he may not be entirely the same when he returns).

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The team that has beaten KC, Baltimore, and Tennessee.

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Originally Posted by DRM08 (Post 16588279)

If people are being honest then KC definitely loses to Tennessee with Tannehill playing. They barely beat Tennessee with Malik Willis playing.

At the halfway point of 2022, who is the best team in the AFC?

ESPN Insider article.
Someone who has it can post the rest.

Jeremy Fowler: NFL executives predict division winners, make Super Bowl picks

Spoiler!

Every year, the NFL resets its unpredictability scale to deepen the intrigue.

Last year, that came in the form of extreme parity, with 12 AFC teams winning at least four games by the midway point.

This season, several teams are making us question what we thought we knew about quarterback play.

Three quarterbacks who dominated ESPN's summer poll of league execs, scouts and coaches -- the Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers (No. 1), Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tom Brady (No. 4) and Los Angeles Rams' Matthew Stafford (No. 6) -- have losing records entering Week 10. Meanwhile, three of the league's top passers -- the Miami Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa (NFL-leading 79.9 QBR), Seattle Seahawks' Geno Smith (68.1) and Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts (63.1) -- did not record a single vote. Yet their teams are a combined 20-6.

Quarterback is still the most essential position, but the notion that every team with playoff aspirations must have a proven, $50-million-per-year passer feels dated. Team football is at the forefront, and defenses have come to play. Points are down leaguewide, with the team average of 21.8 points per game the lowest since 2017 and the second lowest since 2009.

This has created a winning lane for teams with differing approaches. Several offenses heavy with rushing attempts -- the Atlanta Falcons (303), Eagles (276) and New York Giants (263) -- are in the playoff hunt. Teams with revamped defenses such as the New York Jets (6-3) and Dallas Cowboys (6-2) are eyeing high playoff seeds.

Seventeen teams are projected to win between eight and 14.7 games, according to ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI). The games that will decide those records should be incredibly close. Seventy-nine games have been decided by one score, the most through nine weeks since the 1970 merger, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

There's plenty of time for underachieving teams to pick up steam and salvage the season. Yes, we're talking about the Bucs, Packers and Rams, among others.

What's safe about the NFL? Nothing. To make sense of the second-half playoff picture, we reached out to league execs, scouts and coaches for some old-fashioned forecasting. What will happen in key division races and the tightening wild-card hunts -- and which team will win the Super Bowl?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/ins...-card-sleepers

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Sadly, I think Von Miller is the difference

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Originally Posted by JustRyan (Post 16589116)

If people are being honest then KC definitely loses to Tennessee with Tannehill playing. They barely beat Tennessee with Malik Willis playing.

Nah. Good try though.

However,

If Tannehill played with that bad ankle, then he definitely gets sacked on those two early drives in the first half. Malik with his great strength and quickness managed to escape both of those. Tannehill goes down easily for big losses if he's in there, no question.

I am just posting to say that 17 games is still an awfully stupid idea.

Assuming Josh Allen can still go, it's the Bills. Chiefs and Ravens after that.

LOL @ the Dolphin votes

Voted Bills, because they really are the first half regular season champs of the NFL over the past couple years.... they can own that crown.