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Arrowheadlines: Patrick Mahomes among reasons why the balance of power has shifted to the AFC

NFL insider notes: Why the AFC-NFC gap is expanding, a surprising Cam Newton landing spot emerges and more | CBS Sports

The balance of power in the NFL has swung to the AFC. The only question is how far.

It’s a quarterback-driven league, as we all know, and a slew of impactful young quarterbacks have emerged all at once in one particular conference, with the potential for at least a couple of others (Tua Tagovailoa, Joe Burrow and Trevor Lawrence) joining an already robust core of Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert and Baker Mayfield, to say nothing of the later-career emergence of Ryan Tannehill.