NFL Update/Pats And Broncos Have Top 2 Marks As Of Today

They clashed in the first AFL game on a Friday night over 65 years ago (September 9, 1960) and at the moment, the (12-2) New England Patriots, who reversed two Supe losses, hammering the opposite record (2-12) New York Giants (their record in ’64 after achieving 6 title tilt appearances in 8 seasons, winning just one) and (11-2) Denver Broncos, who reversed a Supe loss, but did so by only 1 point, enabling more “pool prowess,” at (3-9) Washington, a conference runner up a year back, have wide open pro football top records.

Elsewhere all 8 “divs” have races, the defending champion Eagles, one of the four “faves” to lose outright last Thursday and Friday, helping “pool man” and not usual dog backer “B,” have the NFC’s slimmest lead, that one and a fraction over Dallas. Denver’s 2 or less considering ‘el” t/breaker is the NFL’s such.

Surprising (9-3) Chi (Bears), which upset (8-4) “Phil” in a fog bowl/’88 slot 1, div game redux, are near TD u/dogs at (8-3-1) Green Bay, which “Thursday holidayed,” now (7-5) Det, (a “slots” loser to Wash last year, when they were the NFC “1” seed), in a late Sunday afternoon national Fox telecast this week.

Other big tilts involving top 2 at the moment div leaders include mediocre (6-6) teams, Baltimore (Ravens) about a TD “choice” vs same record “Pitts,” and (8-4) Indy (Colts) a slight, slight (who said slightly I mean sliiiightly on TV years back?!) “fave,” at also (8-4) Jacksonville (Jaguars).

Denver won (13-10) that night.

Neither the Broncos or Patriots ever won an AFL crown, the then San Diego Chargers led by Keith Lincoln ripped the Pats (51-10) (“Zid” had young Hadl in and chucking perhaps cursing the franchise that lost in its only game for the NFL crown and was just (1-4) in games for the AFL “such”) in the then Boston Patriots only AFL title tilt, (Denver never played in one).

After losing a combined 6 Supes/games for the NFL crown (Denver in ’77, ’86,’87, and ’89 –New England by then in ’85 (routed by the Bears, a redux these 40 years later also on NBC but with Tiriiiico, not Enberg?!!) and ’96) the two teams went a combined (9-4) (6 N.E. crowns, 3 for Denver), in subsequent such games.

This year?!!