A prominent TV personality once again touted the New England Patriots as a legiitmate contender following their eighth straight win.

Earlier this week, Nick Wright placed the Patriots in his top AFC tier alongside the Kansas City Chiefs. The FS1 star felt the same way after watching New England earn a 27-14 victory over the New York Jets on “Thursday Night Football.”

While Wright still won’t pick the Pats over his beloved Chiefs despite a 5-4 start, he predicted that the conference will go through Foxborough on Friday’s “First Things First.”

“They are going to be the one seed in the AFC, I believe,” Wright said. “But that’s conjecture, obviously. What I know is, for me, I will pick them to win any AFC playoff game they play, except for against the Kansas City Chiefs. I think they ar

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