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AFC Championship Contenders: The Top Teams After Week 1?
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9/13/2023
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Speaking of the Bills and the Bengals and the Chiefs, the tier of three atop the AFC.
00:08
Well all three teams, the R.S. lost their opening game.
00:12
The Ravens beat the Texans but lost J.K.
00:14
Dobbins for the year.
00:15
The Dolphins went to L.A. and got a big victory.
00:18
The Browns were dominant.
00:20
The Jags had a divisional win.
00:22
And the Chargers, yeah, they lost to the Dolphins in a classic Charger-ing way, but still 11
00:27
to 1.
00:28
So, D.R.S., there's been a lot of change already in the AFC championship odds, given the injury
00:32
to Aaron Rodgers in what New York now has for the rest of the year.
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But in those eight teams, D.R.S., the eight best prices currently to win a conference
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championship in the AFC, the buy or sell question to you, the AFC has eight legitimate conference
00:49
championship contenders.
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I don't believe that right now.
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So I'm going to, I guess, what's the question here?
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The AFC has eight legit contenders.
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Sell it here.
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I'm going to buy that there's only five.
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I'll sell that there's eight at this point.
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Because if we're looking, I like the Chargers.
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But don't the Chargers just feel like every single year it's the same thing?
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Incredibly good, can't win close games.
01:08
It's usually their kicker can't make kicks.
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Their coach is calling timeouts at the wrong time.
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Herbert's got a phenomenal arm.
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They score 30-plus points.
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They have enough playmakers on defense to do things, but yet they don't.
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Now, granted, they lost to a pretty good football team in the Miami Dolphins.
01:21
But if you win that game for the Chargers, maybe it's a little bit different of an outlook
01:24
here on 2023.
01:25
Let's take a look here and let's just say top five, right?
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Kansas City, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Miami.
01:32
I think there's a little bit of a fall off from the Cleveland Browns, the Jaguars, and
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the Chargers.
01:36
I'm not saying that the Browns, after week number one, pummeling the Bengals, can't be
01:39
something in 2023.
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With the Jacksonville Jaguars, you should walk to a division championship, which means
01:44
they'll be in the playoffs with a minimum one home game year.
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And also the Chargers, as we talked about.
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So, so much talent.
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Yes, the Kansas City Chiefs did lose along with them, so they're not behind the eight
01:53
ball after week number one.
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But if we're being honest with ourselves, you're still looking at the Chiefs.
01:57
Yes, they played, you know, uninspiring football, to say the least, on opening night.
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But that's because they dropped a couple passes.
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They win that football game.
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Hey, same old Chiefs on their way to another Super Bowl at this point.
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I'm going to go with five teams here.
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Chiefs, Bills, Bengals, Ravens, and Dolphins, right now, after week one, that I see, have
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a legitimate chance.
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And the hardest one for me, Ben, is the Miami Dolphins.
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Because I can't take credit for the Dolphins.
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I can't knock the Dolphins.
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Because I'm still waiting for the bottom to fall out.
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Did you see the way that Chuitaga-Bailoa played on the road against a good pass rush
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and absolutely lit up Los Angeles?
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If we see that for 17 games, who's stopping the Dolphins on the offensive side of the
02:34
ball?
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The only thing stopping the Miami Dolphins is if Chuitaga-Bailoa goes down with another
02:39
concussion.
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It's the only reason why I really can't hype the Dolphins up just yet, which is why they're
02:44
so intriguing to me.
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