AFC vs. NFC

[CrashDavisSports]

There are 11 teams with a winning record in the AFC.

New England 6-2
Buffalo 5-3
Miami 5-3
Cincinnati 5-2-1 *
Pittsburgh 6-3 *
Cleveland 5-3 *
Baltimore 5-4 *
Indianapolis 5-3
Denver 6-2
Kansas City 5-3
San Diego 5-4

There are 6 teams with winning records in the NFC.

Philadelphia 6-2
Dallas 6-3
Detroit 6-2
Packers 5-3
Arizona 7-1
Seattle 5-3

One of these NFC teams will not even make the playoffs because you have to have a division winner and the NFC South doesn't have one single team with a winning record.

Pretty obvious that the AFC is the powerhouse this year in the NFL, and the AFC North is the best division in football. Of the 8 NFL teams that reside in the South divisions, both AFC and NFC only one team among those 8 have a winning record, Indianapolis at 5-3.

 

[bengaldoug]

The 49ers are 4-4.......why is it I find that hilarious?

 

[cincygrad]

The 49ers are 4-4.......why is it I find that hilarious?

Because this guy ruined everything..... Twice.

 

[cincygrad]

Or maybe this?

 

[futballiscool]

The three worst winning percentages in the nfl are also in the afc. overall I'd say the conferences are pretty close this year

 

[flamingrey]

While the AFC teams have overall better records, I believe the NFC to have better quality teams.

SF will come around when all of their injured defensive players return along with Vernon getting healthy. The Saints always come around towards the end of the season (same was the case last season).

As for the best division in football, I don't think there is any team in the AFC North that strikes fear into any team, though Pittsburgh sure seems to be coming around. All 4 teams just happen to be very evenly matched with each other and have one of the easier schedules in the league - playing the AFC South with only 1 winning team and that one division that doesn't have a winning team yet (NFC South).

This is also evident when you look at the power rankings for various sites. Looking at ESPN, NFL.com, CBSSports, and PFT, only one of those sites has a team from the AFC North in the top 10, and that's CBSSports with the Bengals at number 10. Each of those sites has 2 teams from the NFCW, NFCE, and NFCN ranked above the top team from the AFCN. ESPN and NFL have 3 teams from the NFCW ranked above the top team from the AFCN.

 

[cincygrad]

Best three in the NFC -- Seattle, Arizona, and Philly.

Next best -- Saints and Packers -- Probably too inconsistent on the road to matter.

Wildcard -- Dallas. If Romo is playing well, they could cause a lot of problems.

Best three in AFC -- Denver, New England and Pittsburgh

Next best - Indy

Wildcard - Ravens? Bengals? Neither team seems like they could win a playoff game.

 

[kramer1]

The 2 best teams in the league are NE and DEN.

 

[futballiscool]

Best three in the NFC -- Seattle, Arizona, and Philly.

Next best -- Saints and Packers -- Probably too inconsistent on the road to matter.

Wildcard -- Dallas. If Romo is playing well, they could cause a lot of problems.

Best three in AFC -- Denver, New England and Pittsburgh

Next best - Indy

Wildcard - Ravens? Bengals? Neither team seems like they could win a playoff game.

When Detroit gets back Calvin Johnson and Reggie Bush they're going to be really tough on both sides of the ball

 

[bengaldoug]

Because this guy ruined everything..... Twice.

I .................really.......................hate.......................him....................................

 

[CrashDavisSports]

While the AFC teams have overall better records, I believe the NFC to have better quality teams.

SF will come around when all of their injured defensive players return along with Vernon getting healthy. The Saints always come around towards the end of the season (same was the case last season).

As for the best division in football, I don't think there is any team in the AFC North that strikes fear into any team, though Pittsburgh sure seems to be coming around. All 4 teams just happen to be very evenly matched with each other and have one of the easier schedules in the league - playing the AFC South with only 1 winning team and that one division that doesn't have a winning team yet (NFC South).

This is also evident when you look at the power rankings for various sites. Looking at ESPN, NFL.com, CBSSports, and PFT, only one of those sites has a team from the AFC North in the top 10, and that's CBSSports with the Bengals at number 10. Each of those sites has 2 teams from the NFCW, NFCE, and NFCN ranked above the top team from the AFCN. ESPN and NFL have 3 teams from the NFCW ranked above the top team from the AFCN.

Remember coming into the season everyone was talking about how brutal our schedule was, t hat we would be lucky to win 6 games with this schedule, yaddie yaddie? Just never know until the games are played and the injuries unfold. Partity.....just flat out parity.

 

[cincygrad]

Remember coming into the season everyone was talking about how brutal our schedule was, t hat we would be lucky to win 6 games with this schedule, yaddie yaddie? Just never know until the games are played and the injuries unfold. Partity.....just flat out parity.

Nobody expected the NFC South to suck so bad. A lot of people had Atlanta returning to form and Tampa making the leap.

Our AFC games are tough though -- We had to play New England and Indy and we still have Denver. Those are the three teams that will win their division. If someone other than us wins the AFC-N we will have played 6 games against division winners -- That's as many as possible.

 

[DanBengalfan]

Nobody expected the NFC South to suck so bad. A lot of people had Atlanta returning to form and Tampa making the leap.

Our AFC games are tough though -- We had to play New England and Indy and we still have Denver. Those are the three teams that will win their division. If someone other than us wins the AFC-N we will have played 6 games against division winners -- That's as many as possible.

Iron sharpens iron though
no true hero goes without a baptism by fire.

of course, we might just get edged out of the playoffs if the injuries continue to pile up.

 

[bengaldoug]

Right now, Pittsburgh looks unstoppable, and our defense doesn't look ready to hold up vs elite offenses. Wish we had gotten them out of the way by now instead of the Ravens.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

Right now, Pittsburgh looks unstoppable, and our defense doesn't look ready to hold up vs elite offenses. Wish we had gotten them out of the way by now instead of the Ravens.

How long you think Ben is going to be able to maintain this level of play? I am glad he is getting this streak out of his system now before we have to play him. Perfect schedule so far. Just wish we had gotten the Saints in week 2 instead of the Falcons, so we could have played them while they were struggling. They are starting to get hotter now.

 

[DanBengalfan]

How long you think Ben is going to be able to maintain this level of play? I am glad he is getting this streak out of his system now before we have to play him. Perfect schedule so far. Just wish we had gotten the Saints in week 2 instead of the Falcons, so we could have played them while they were struggling. They are starting to get hotter now.

If we don't put Big Ben on his ass, then he's going to tear us a new a-hole

that's all there is to it.

 

[bengaldoug]

How long you think Ben is going to be able to maintain this level of play? I am glad he is getting this streak out of his system now before we have to play him. Perfect schedule so far. Just wish we had gotten the Saints in week 2 instead of the Falcons, so we could have played them while they were struggling. They are starting to get hotter now.

I think Ben could stay hot the rest of the year. He has two weapons breaking out in Wheaton and Bryant, and already has the top wideout in the league in Antonio Brown, plus a solid pair of backs. There's no reason the Steelers won't continue to light up scoreboards the rest of the year. As for the Saints, I never thought we were going to win there no matter when we played them.