NFC pummelled the AFC in h2h matchups this year

[Chaos]

NFC won almost 60% of the head to head matchups this year.  

https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/afc-vs-nfc-record-year-by-year-all-teams-grouped-by-conference-last-20-years

The common narrative that the AFC is better than the NFC may be a bit outdated. 


 

[chongli]

In the past 20 years, the AFC has only won the series 10.5 times, so maybe not much truth to that common narrative.

 

https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/afc-vs-nfc-record-year-by-year-all-teams-grouped-by-conference-last-20-years

[corta765]

Bills went 3-1

[thronethinker]

The narrative is the premier AFC teams were ahead of most of the NFC in years past. That has cooled off last season and this season. It's a reversal from the mid 80s to mid 90s when the Premier NFC Teams were lights out better than most AFC teams.

Edited 2 hours ago by thronethinker

[GunnerBill]

42 minutes ago, Chaos said:

NFC won almost 60% of the head to head matchups this year.  

https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/afc-vs-nfc-record-year-by-year-all-teams-grouped-by-conference-last-20-years

The common narrative that the AFC is better than the NFC may be a bit outdated. 


 

 

I think it is more the top of the AFC is stronger than the top of the NFC. I think that still holds. But there were more terrible teams in the AFC - New England, Vegas, Browns, Jets, Jaguars, Titans. 

 

The AFC this year had very little middle. The NFC has more depth but Lions and Eagles apart I don't think is as strong at the top.

[chongli]

13 minutes ago, thronethinker said:

The narrative is the premier AFC teams were ahead of most of the NFC in years past. That has cooled off last season and this season. It's a reversal from the mid 80s to mid 90s when the Premier NFC Teams were lights out better than most AFC teams.

 

And yet the Bills completely dominated the NFC teams in the 90's, having the best IIRC (or second best?) inter-conference record of any team.

 

We might have had a 17-year playoff drought, but we made up for that in the 90's and today.

Edited 2 hours ago by chongli

[Beast]

34 minutes ago, corta765 said:

Bills went 3-1

4-1

[Mango]

It’s because of the QB situation in the AFC.
 

Allen, Mahomes, Lamar, Burrow.

 

Love, Goff, Stafford, Hurts

 

It is no contest which QB group is better. It’s not even close.  
 

 

[RichStadiumGuy]

Almost 60% is just a tad over half... certainly not what I'd consider a "pummeling".

 

[Low Positive]

24 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I think it is more the top of the AFC is stronger than the top of the NFC. I think that still holds. But there were more terrible teams in the AFC - New England, Vegas, Browns, Jets, Jaguars, Titans. 

 

The AFC this year had very little middle. The NFC has more depth but Lions and Eagles apart I don't think is as strong at the top.

The only NFC teams that were as bad as those you list for the AFC were the Panthers and Giants. All the rest of the bad NFC teams were competitive at some point of the season. 

[US Egg]

Not sure what the point of this thread is but figure throw this in:

SB wins since merger

AFC 27

NFC 24

 

[NyQuil]

27 minutes ago, Beast said:

4-1

I see what you did there.

[C.Biscuit97]

I believe the SB Bills completely dominated the NFC and I think twice beat the team they played in the SB in the regular season (Giants and Cowboys). They lost every time in the SB. 

[Chaos]

47 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I think it is more the top of the AFC is stronger than the top of the NFC. I think that still holds. But there were more terrible teams in the AFC - New England, Vegas, Browns, Jets, Jaguars, Titans. 

 

The AFC this year had very little middle. The NFC has more depth but Lions and Eagles apart I don't think is as strong at the top.

The top 1 NFC team is all that matters for the AFC teams at this point.  But I think having a bunch of doormats in the AFC, means it is the overall weaker division at this time. The bills certainly benefitted from being in the biggest doormat division. 

[MJS]

I don't really think that has been the narrative this year. In years past, yes. But Detroit really emerged this year as an elite team. The Vikings as well. The Commies have a good, young QB.

 

The AFC has all the elite QBs, still, though. Mahomes, Allen, Jackson, and Burrow.

[QB Bills]

9 minutes ago, NyQuil said:

I see what you did there.

If "see what you did there" means accurately posting the Bills record vs the NFC this season, then yes, I see it too.

[Beast]

12 minutes ago, NyQuil said:

I see what you did there.

No, the Bills went 4-1 against the NFC.

 

They beat the Cardinals, Seahawks, Lions and 49ers.

[corta765]

43 minutes ago, Mango said:

It’s because of the QB situation in the AFC.
 

Allen, Mahomes, Lamar, Burrow.

 

Love, Goff, Stafford, Hurts

 

It is no contest which QB group is better. It’s not even close.  
 

 

Stafford when younger I could argue ahead of Burrow but even that Allen Mahomes Lamar are untouchable at top 3 for the foreseeable future. Anddd this is not even mentioning Herbert who is in the next tier under the top 3 but legitimately may be better then every NFC QB (and I am not a Herbert fan myself)

[Big Turk]

This is irrelevant...it only matters how teams did against the playoff teams in the other conference, and I would suspect in general the AFC fared better than the NFC

[Allen2D̶i̶g̶g̶s̶TBD]

I think this is mostly because there were AFC teams that bottomed out and got 3 or 4 wins.  6 out of the first 7 draft picks in the first round are going to AFC teams. 

 

There is much less parity in the league this season.  There are 5 teams with 13+ wins and 5 teams with 13+ losses.