AFC Update

While the Chiefs and Broncos are in a battle for the AFC West crown, three other teams enjoy 2 game division leads in the AFC.

The Chiefs repeated their 1966 AFL Title game win at Buffalo by winning (23-13) yesterday. The Broncos had a bye. K.C. will go to Denver on November 17th with a (9-0) record. The (7-1) Broncos are “an opening touchdown choice” at San Diego next week.

The New England Patriots went to (7-2) the day after Boston celebrated a third Red Sox crown in 10 seasons, by ripping the (2-6) Pittsburgh Steelers. That is good for a two game lead over the surprising New York Jets, who are (5-4) after an upset win vs the New Orleans Saints.

The Indianapolis Colts, playing in their second straight Sunday night tilt, overcame a (21-3) halftime deficit and went to (6-2) with a (27-24) win at the (2-6) Houston Texans. The Tennessee Titans won at the St. Louis Rams (bad week in St. Louis sports) and are two games behind.

Two is the operative number concerning the Cincinnati Bengals and the AFC North. The Miami Dolphins scored a two point safety in overtime to drop the Bengals to (6-3) this past Thursday night. However, it is still good for a two game lead over the (4-5) Cleveland Browns, who dropped the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens to (3-5), with a (24-18) win at Cleveland.

The Ravens have two titles since moving the great Cleveland Browns’ franchise to Baltimore. Hence this win is little solace for the still mediocre “new” Browns and the city of Cleveland. The city is sans a sports title since the glorious ’64 Browns won (27-0) vs the Baltimore Colts in that year’s title game.