For the past few years, the AFC has basically been a three-team race. With all due respect to the other playoff teams -- and with one notable exception from the Bengals -- the top of the AFC has belonged to the Bills, Chiefs and Ravens. Those teams were the top three seeds in 2023 and 2024 . In 2022 , the Chiefs and Bills were atop the conference, and the Ravens might have been third if not for Lamar Jackson 's late-season knee injury (they were sixth).

In a league where parity is all but guaranteed, these three teams and their quarterbacks have been locks. The Chiefs have won seven straight division titles with Patrick Mahomes . The Bills have five in a row with Josh Allen . Jackson's streak was interrupted by those two Decembers impacted by injuries, but leaving those asid

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