Identifying AFC Contenders: With the Chiefs Down, Who’s Positioned to Pounce?

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Sheil is joined by Mike Sando from The Athletic to talk about which teams in the AFC have the best chance of contending for a Super Bowl within an increasingly wide-open 2025 playoff race. (00:00) Identifying AFC Contenders(1:26) New England Patriots(8:32) Buffalo Bills(15:29) Houston Texans(17:11) Denver Broncos(23:09) Jacksonville Jaguars Shopping. Streaming. Celebrating. It’s on Prime. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit ⁠www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Mike SandoProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.9	are at all protected. Welcome to the Ringer NFL show.
0:38.4	I'm your host, Shield Capadia.
0:39.5	Today we are trying to identify who is going to take over for the chiefs in the
0:45.0	AFC.
0:45.7	The chiefs have been the AFC Super Bowl representative in five of the last six seasons.
0:50.8	And while something wild still could happen, it looks like they're not going to make
0:54.7	the playoffs. So which team is best positioned to pounce on this opportunity? I mean,
1:00.8	a postseason where we potentially have AFC playoffs without Mahomes, without Joe Burrow,
1:07.7	without Lamar Jackson, which team can step in there and get to the Super Bowl
1:12.3	and give themselves a chance at a Lombardi. To talk about that, we've got my friend from the
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