There’s been a constant at the top of the AFC for nearly the past decade with the teams led by superstar quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson typically at the top of the standings.

That’s what made what happened in Week 5 of the NFL season so unusual.

There was Mahomes throwing a pick-6 and watching as Jacksonville rallied to beat his Kansas City Chiefs. Josh Allen got outdueled at home by New England youngster Drake Maye in a prime-time game in Buffalo. And Lamar Jackson was out injured watching his Baltimore Ravens get blown out by Houston.

That marked the first time since Week 9 of the 2017 season that Kansas City, Buffalo and Baltimore all lost on the same weekend. That was so long ago that Allen and Jackson were still playing in college and Mahomes was s

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