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Originally Posted by JimHalpert
I really, really, REALLY disagee with afc field being stronger.
Matt Moore, Alex Smith, Tom Savage, and Matt McGloin are 4 of the 6 quarterbacks.
Dak, Ryan, Russ, Godgers, Stafford, Cousins, Eli are all significantly better than all 4 of them.
ETA: There are realistically 3 teams that can win the AFC (NE, Pit, KC). Maybe the top end is higher in the AFC thanks to NE, but I don't think PIT/KC are significantly better (if at all) than Sea, GB, ATL, Giants.
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Originally Posted by eyebooger
On Team Halpert regarding NFC>AFC, but I think it's real unfair to Alex Smith to lump him in there with the three backups.
Meant to come back to this. I agree that NFC is clearly better on the bottom end, and the field is stronger in general. Based on that, I worded my post quite badly. But if a person is coming from a SB-or-bust perspective, I like a middling team's odds of toppling Dallas in Dallas a ton better than I like a team's odds of winning in Foxboro in January.
I guess my thought process was coming from the standpoint of a Seahawks fan and feeling like I like our path better than what Pittsburgh is looking at as a #3 if KC can grab the second bye. Going semi-difficult home game --> @ Atlanta --> @ Dallas feels much more reasonable than easy home game --> @ KC --> @ NE.
We could still get a bye if Atlanta chokes tomorrow, but not counting on that.