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AFC playoff picture - Denver Broncos back on top

Good morning Broncos Country! After a Charger loss and Bronco win, the Broncos are back atop the AFC West standings, in fact they are the #1 seed.

Doug Pensinger

AFC

Team

Seed

Record

%

Division

AFC

AFC Wins

AFC Loss

Next

Broncos

1

5-1

.833

1-0

3-0

KC, IND, NYJ

None

SD

Colts

2

5-2

..714

1-0

5-1

Bal, Ten, Cin, Hou, Jax

Den

@Pit

Patriots

3

5-2

.714

2-1

4-2

Buf, Cin, Oak, NYJ

KC, Mia

CHI

Ravens

4

5-2

.714

2-1

2-2

Pit, Cle,

Cin, Ind

@Cin

Chargers

5

5-2

.714

1-1

4-2

Buf, Jax, NYJ, Oak

Hou, KC

@Den

Bengals

6

3-2-1

.538

2-1

2-2

Bal, Ten

Ind, NE

BAL

Steelers

7

4-3

.571

1-2

3-2

Cle, Jax, Hou

Bal, Cle

IND

Bills

8

4-3

..571

1-1

1-3

Mia

SD, Hou, NE

@NYJ

The Broncos and Colts now sit atop the AFC as the #1 and #2 seeds respectively. The Patriots moved up to #3 seed while the Ravens moved into 4th position. The Ravens have very much been under the radar and have had some stellar defensive play through 7 weeks. The Chargers fall to 5th from #1 last week, and the Bengals who were #2 last week now sit on the precipice of an early season meltdown.  The Steelers and Bills round out the teams on the outside looking in.

If the season ended today

The Broncos and Colts would each have a week off before the divisional round.

Game of the week

Without a doubt the game between the Broncos and Chargers is the best matchup of the week with leadership of the AFC West and the #1 seed on the line.

Precarious Position

Despite being the #3 seed, the Patriots will not have the services of Chandler Jones for the next month. During that time, the Patriot schedule toughens up significantly. For an already banged up team facing tougher competition, things could go very badly in a hurry.

Best position

Indianapolis is already atop it's division by two games early on. They should win it easily and will challenge for the 1 seed.

GO BRONCOS!!!