Do the Steelers belong in the Bills and Chiefs conversation as contenders in the AFC?

Plus, could the Broncos play sports with the Baltimore Ravens this week and really reset the AFC?

We break it all down on today's installment of AFC squad.

You are talking ball with the AFC squad.

From the Chiefs to the Bills, the Ravens to the Texans and everyone else around the AFC,

it's the local experts of the Locked-on Podcast Network, bringing you scoops, breakdowns,

and the most comprehensive preview of the upcoming weekend for hard-hitting AFC football,

with our harder-hitting takes.

Buckle up, it's the AFC Squad and we have a seat for you. No hurt feelings allowed. Squad up. You're part of the AFC Squad. Welcome in everyone to another installment of AFC Squad. Sit back, grab your favorite beverage, and join us as we get you ready for another wild week across the AFC week. Nine of the NFL season is here. Today's episode is brought to you by

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Fandu.com to get started. We're joined today by an awesome cast of folks around the AFC.

And folks, just a disclaimer. As always, if we don't talk about your team or

if your host isn't on here, encourage them to come out of the show because, hey, we're all trying to break it all down, have a good time here. Obviously, let's welcome in Jeff Lloyd, host of the Lockdown Browns podcast. Mike DeBate host of Lockdowne Patriots, Kevin Ostriker, host of Lockdown Ravens and also Locked on NFL.

Chris Carter joining us this week.

Locked on Steelers bringing it.

The Renegade and the... Kevin Ostriker, host of Locked on Ravens and also Locked on NFL. Chris Carter joining us this week.

Locked on Steelers bringing it, the renegade in the fourth quarter and Chris Clark

of Locked on Chiefs.

We have some of the top heavy AFC teams here, some teams that have played spoils.

Let's open things up, though, by going through a quick recap of everyone whose team played this week that is here. Kevin and Jeff, I feel like we probably can talk about the game between the Browns and the Ravens being the game of the week here. We don't have to. We don't have to. It went down to the wire. It was entertaining. But the Browns coming out on top. James Winston, eating Ws after the game. Jeff started off on your end. What happened there in that Browns game? Then we'll kick it to Kevin. Look, there was so much that we went into that week. Look, one and six. Like, you know what one and six means just to say that number. We can't lose again. Not that anybody really thinks they're probably going to go on a run that may save this, although the AFC is a little quirky so far this year. But when Kevin and I did the crossover, I'm like, look, this change needed to happen a month ago. And it only needed to happen to put James Winston in to see if, hey, was it just the quarterback? And look, not everything was going well. Not much of anything was going well. But the offensive line was starting to get healthier. And I told Kevin, I said, look, this is the first time we know what the unit is on Wednesday. Normally it's like Sunday morning when we know who the starting offensive line is. And James was going to go out there and just throw the ball. That's what James Winston does. Good, bad, and very similar to the guy that everybody got upset, they didn't bring back in Joe Flacco. I'll continue to throw the ball. I will throw it. He's not going to make plays with his legs. He knows he's not.

But they all collectively just played better. Defensively, look, they know Lamar. They know them well. They played some a thousand times and they got into some situations where, you know, they broke them or only got field goals. Also to keep in mind, if Justin Tucker didn't miss the earlier field goal, it would have come down to another Justin Tucker fuel. They would have never had to go for the touchdown on that last drive. But look, they're feeling better about themselves. They're about to get out of an error that was comically bad. I don't even know what phrase to use for almost three seasons. They're going to be beyond that. And, you know, they were kind of tipped their hand probably to do it. But you're already looking to the rest of this year in 2025. And what was one of the worst acquisitions in the history of professional sports will be behind them from here on now. Kevin, your thoughts on the Ravens? How do they respond?

What's the mood after a game like that? Obviously, a disappointing loss where we've talked about here on this show. One week, the Ravens looked like the best team in football. One week, it's like, oh, how did they barely pull that one out? What's going on with the Ravens? They dropped the ball. Literally, they dropped the ball. if we can do a whole demonstration right here guys this that's the orioes theme ball for the

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