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NFL Analysis: Is The AFC West This Good Or The NFC East This Bad?

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Is the AFC West a lot better than expected, or is the NFC East a lot worse than we thought? Or is it both? The AFC West went 3-0 in interconference games against the NFC East and two of those three were on the road. Then NFC East also lost a showdown of 2012 division winners to complete an 0-4 skunk, while the AFC West won the “battle” of two perceived cellar-dwellers to complete the four-game sweep of Week 2.

NFL Analysis: AFC West Preview

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The AFC West is on hard times. This division has not sent a team to the Super Bowl since 2002, the longest drought of any quartet in the NFL. The failure of the Denver Broncos to cash in a #1 seed in last year’s playoffs was attributed, at least in part, to the soft schedule they had played in compiling their 13-3 record—a none-too-subtle indictment of the division. And judging on early numbers posted in the betting markets, expectations aren’t high in 2013.