The New England Patriots are undeniably fantastic. They don’t have a ton of competition this season. Both statements can be true.
The NFC is deep. You can make a strong argument for multiple teams being the best in the conference. Good, quality teams will be left out of the playoffs in the NFC. There are championship-level teams at the top and a lot of capable teams throughout.
The AFC might not have two good teams.
Week 8 provided more evidence that the Patriots might not even sweat in Foxborough this January on their way to another Super Bowl:
• The Buffalo Bills, the only AFC team other than the Patriots with fewer than two losses heading into Week 8, were blown out by a 3-4 Eagles team at home.