Let's rank the AFC teams since we have nothing else to do.

[Direckshun]

Here's how I'd rank the teams right now.

1. Chiefs
2. Ravens
3. Bills
4. Texans
5. Bengals
6. Steelers
7. Jets
8. Broncos
9. Chargers
10. Colts
11. Raiders
12. Jaguars
13. Dolphins
14. Browns
15. Patriots
16. Titans

I'd say the Ravens/Chiefs are about even, but I'm giving to the Chiefs by a toe.

Thoughts?

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

elite QBs + elite DCs are very hard to beat

This year everyone seems to be beating Cincinnati. They didn't look great against the NYG either during their last win. Yeah they might turn it on but their defense is even worse than I remember. Too much pressure on that offense to score. Plus, a difficult division.

[Megatron96]

I would put LAC over DEN, mostly because of the massive difference in QB quality, but otherwise looks like a good list.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Here's how I'd rank the teams right now.

1. Chiefs
2. Ravens
3. Bills
4. Texans
5. Bengals
6. Steelers
7. Jets
8. Broncos
9. Chargers
10. Colts
11. Raiders
12. Jaguars
13. Dolphins
14. Browns
15. Patriots
16. Titans

I'd say the Ravens/Chiefs are about even, but I'm giving to the Chiefs by a toe.

Thoughts?

Reasonable. It's depressing how bad the Raiders are, but the teams listed below us are arguably even worse.

[IA_Chiefs_fan]

1 Chiefs
2 Ravens
3 Bills
4 Texans
5 Jets
6 Steelers
7 Bengals
8 Chargers
9 Colts
10 Broncos
11 Dolphins
12 Jaguars
13 Raiders
14 Patriots
15 Titans
16 Browns

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Here's how I'd rank the teams right now.

1. Chiefs
2. Ravens
3. Bills
4. Texans
5. Bengals
6. Steelers
7. Jets
8. Broncos
9. Chargers
10. Colts
11. Raiders
12. Jaguars
13. Dolphins
14. Browns
15. Patriots
16. Titans

I'd say the Ravens/Chiefs are about even, but I'm giving to the Chiefs by a toe.

Thoughts?

I see what you did there.

[Bump]

about right for the top teams. Debate to be had about the bottom teams. Chargers are better than the Broncos. Raiders are more of a dumpster fire than the patriots but maybe not as bad as the browns. I'd probably put the Jags above the dolphins too.

[jjchieffan]

I don't understand how anyone ranks the cheating Donks higher than bottom 5. They have the worst starting quarterback in the AFC. The guy threw for -7 yards in a half, 22 in another half. He gets garbage time yards in the 4th quarter, but that doesn't mean much. And I'm not convinced that the defense is as good as advertised. They haven't played any decent offenses yet.

[RockChalk]

Chiefs
Ravens
Texans/Bills
Bengals
All the rest are just equal steaming piles of shit

[O.city]

Chiefs/Ravens/Texans/Bills is what you hope for in the divisional round.

It's gonna be big to get the 1 seed and the bye, you don't really wanna mess with that 2 seed if the Bengals sneak in as the 7 IMO>

[417Chiefsfan]

Originally Posted by RunKC

For the Chiefs I’m most worried about the Bengals. We own the Ravens and Bills but for some reason we struggle against the Bengals. That is one team we don’t have a clear mental edge over. It’s always a straight up dog fight and Mahomes doesn’t play that well vs Lou.

I want them eliminated

Nah I want to be the ones to knock them out again. They had some early success against us but lets keep beating them from here out to prove we're dominant against all opposition.

[Graystoke]

May be the doomer in me but I think the Bills just got better by the addition of Amari Cooper. Depends on the Chiefs adding a receiver.

[Mile High Mania]

I think you have the top 5, in which ever order you like… Ravens, Chiefs, Bills, Texans and Bengals. You have the bottom 5, which would be the Titans, Browns, Patriots, Jaguars and Raiders.

The rest are a gaggle of ‘we don’t really know yet’ because if inconsistency or injuries.

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

I think you have the top 5, in which ever order you like… Ravens, Chiefs, Bills, Texans and Bengals. You have the bottom 5, which would be the Titans, Browns, Patriots, Jaguars and Raiders.

The rest are a gaggle of ‘we don’t really know yet’ because if inconsistency or injuries.

You really need to include the cheating Donks in that bottom 5. Drake Maye and Trevor Lawrence alone would be enough to rank those teams above Denver. Not much higher. They would still be in the bottom 6. Just not worse than Denver.

[Bengal Billy]

1. Chiefs
2. Ravens
3. Texans
4. Bills
5a. Steelers
5b. Bengals
5c. Chargers
5d. Jets
9. Broncos
10. Colts
11. Dolphins
12. Jags
13. Raiders
14. Browns
15. Pats
16. Titans

Honestly the teams 5-8 could be coin flips right now for rank. Still a lot of season left to play.

- Bengals defense is not good at all at this point. But it seems the team also has a level of competition issue going on. They can play really tough and take the top teams to the brink at the end of games,, but then they look like straight up ass against the dregs.
Bengals are capable of going on a strong run, but also capable of falling flat on their face. Who knows what team is going to show up week to week for them.

- Steelers have the defense and kicking game but QB sux.
- Chargers depending on health of their tackles and DLine can be tough down the road I could see it.
- Jets have the defense and skill players, but their organization is a circus and A-ARon you never know about him (great or straight up ass).
- Donks could be a tough out if Nix gets consistent. But for now,, nope

The rest of them are puke.
I'll admit I was so wrong about the Jags I thought they would be much better.

[Megatron96]

CIN figures out how to play defense they’ll finish the next quarter 5-4.


LAC might also start trending upwards if they figure out how to play more efficiently on offense. At least more likely than DEN getting to the playoffs.