If you don't like the team at the top of the heap in the AFC , just wait a week. Heading into the 2025 NFL season , there was a consensus that the teams with MVP-caliber quarterbacks that are perennially atop the conference -- the Bills, Chiefs and Ravens -- would quickly reestablish their rightful place atop the AFC, a tier above the other 13 teams.

In reality, we've had total chaos. The Chiefs started 0-2 and actually sit outside the playoff picture at the midway point as the eighth seed in the AFC. The Ravens opened the season 1-5 before turning things around after their bye. The Bills have beaten both of their frequent playoff rivals, but they've also lost to the Falcons and now to the Dolphins, who blew them out on Sunday.

That three-team top tier has given way to a larger,

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