AFC Update

The (11-2) Baltimore Ravens are very likely to be the AFC top seed for the first time.

Baltimore, which has won games vs current AFC “5” seed (9-4) Buffalo, current NFC “1” seed (11-2) San Francisco and current AFC “2” seed and defending champion, (10-3) New England, all in the last 5 weeks, has a magic number of two (either Baltimore wins or New England losses) to gain the top seed.

This week both Baltimore and New England are top heavy favorites, the Ravens a 14 point “fave” vs the (5-8) New York Jets on Thursday night, while “N.E.” is roughly a 10 point favorite at (1-12) Cincinnati (Bengals).

Above are insignias for the 16 AFC teams.

Perhaps noteworthy, second row, left to right: Patriots, Browns (to me, not the NFL, the Ravens are the original Browns’ franchise) and the Ravens.