New AFC top contenders: Colts, Broncos, Patriots, Chargers - ESPN
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.


