The 2022 NFL season is finally looming over the horizon. Football is coming back and training camps are getting started. The race to become Super Bowl champions begins again on September 8 and one thing’s for sure — the battle to be the AFC representative is going to be wild.
It’s no stretch to say that of the 16 AFC teams, at least 13 will consider themselves genuine playoff contenders this year, with the possible exceptions being the Jaguars and Jets (who are both expecting to make massive strides forward in 2022 after winning just 7 games between them last year) and the Houston Texans, who are still some way off returning to elite ranks but have a whole load of elite draft picks with which they could remedy that situation.
What that leaves is at least 3 teams in the AFC East, 2 in the AFC South and literally every team in the AFC North and AFC West divisions, thinking they have a shot this year, and with only 7 playoff places to go round, something has to give.
It's time to take a look at the fascinating race to'represent the AFC in Super Bowl LVII – scheduled for February 12 in Glendale, Arizona. Let's take a look at the odds and the best bets to be made.