The NFL AFC East and West

I wanted to share my ranking of the AFC East and West with you. I will give you the winner of both divisions and each teams projected record in the 1st seven games. My ranking will include the teams I think they will lose to. It will give you the key match up that you can look forward to. The reason I lock in on the 1st seven games is that will give you a sample size of what type of team they are. You can analyze them against the spread and how they fare in over/under totals. How they play at home and on the road. This will give you data to use for the second half of the season. Good Luck!

                                                        AFC East

1).Patriots- 7-0 The key match up in this period is opening night against the Steelers.

2).Jets- 2-5 New York will lose to the Pats twice, Eagles, Dallas & Browns. The key match up is a Monday Night Football Game against the Browns.

3).Bills- 3-4 Buffalo loses to Jets, Giants, Eagles and Patriots. The game to mark on your calendar is the home opener against the Bengals.

4).Dolphins- 0-7 The game to circle on the schedule is against Washington. It is a home game and both team project as looking for their 1st win.


                                                      AFC West

1) Chiefs- 6-1 Kansas City will lose to Raiders. The key match up is week six against Houston. This could be a playoff preview.

2).Chargers- 6-1  Chargers loses to Texans. The game to anticipate is week six against the Steelers. This has the making of a shoot out and an over.

3).Raiders- 4-3  Oakland loses to Vikings, Packers and Texans. The match up to watch will be week five in London against the Bears and Khalil Mack.

4)Broncos - 2-5  Denver will lose to Raiders, Bears, Packers, Chargers and Chiefs. Game to circle is week four against Jacksonville. Both teams should be looking for their 1st win.

NFL at the Half

This is our NFL mid season review. Who has done what so far. Most teams still have a chance to win their divisions with a little of help from others. This does not include you Cleveland. But seriously let's look at the 1st half of the season.
Best AFC team. The Patriots are the best. They went 3-1 without Tom Brady. They are undefeated with him.
Best NFC team. The Cowboys are 7-1. No Romo, no problem. Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott are the future. The future is now.
Best Division. The AFC West have 3 teams with winning percentages over 600. San Diego is last in the division with three of their losses by less than 4 points. The Raiders have one of the top passing offenses in the league and the Broncos have a top 5 defense against the pass. The Chiefs have a balance attack and an outstanding coach. This division is wide open.


Top MVP candidate is Matt Ryan. Runner up is Derek Carr.

Matt Ryan

Derek Carr

Top Rookie is Ezekiel Elliott.

What to watch. AFC North, NFC West and the AFC South are not strong on the road. In the 2nd half of the season we will see if this trend holds up.
Eagles are going in the wrong direction and in the immortal words of the late Dennis Green we can sum up their season here.

                                                              Enjoy the 2nd half.

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