We are officially five weeks into the 2025 NFL season, and there have been some…unexpected results. The Indianapolis Colts are 4-1 and atop the AFC, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking like one of the best teams in the NFC, and the Kansas City Chiefs have fallen to under .500 with a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday night.

Are the Colts actually Super Bowl contenders? Can the Buccaneers keep this up all year long? Today, I’m going to go through all the top teams in the NFL and label them as contenders or pretenders.

Indianapolis Colts: Contenders

It’s crazy to say, but I think the Indianapolis Colts are actually contenders in the AFC. Shane Steichen has done an amazing job building an offense around Daniel Jones . The former New York Giants quarterback is having a career y

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