The AFC has Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, Joe Burrow and the Bengals, Josh Allen and the Bills, as well as Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, Justin Herbert and the Chargers, and possibly with time and care Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars. That’s a long-winded way of saying the AFC is loaded up with terrific teams with star quarterbacks, potentially with more on the way.
The two conferences do not feel particularly balanced in that regard at the moment. The NFC now has the oldest quarterbacks in football, with Matt Ryan (soon to be 37), Aaron Rodgers (38), and Matthew Stafford (34), Kirk Cousins (33), and Russell Wilson (33) all leading teams.