00:00How do you think the view of the team has sort of changed as it relates to, like, you know, playoffs or just expectations when you look at it five weeks in, Joe Burrow's out for the year, Baltimore's got a losing record, Kansas City has a losing record, and the Patriots just beat the lone unbeaten team on Sunday night. Expectations now changing for everybody?
00:23I just wrote a column. They could, and they almost should, in a vacuum, be 10-3 by the time they get to their bye. The only team they should lose to on paper in a vacuum is Tampa. They should be able to beat Atlanta at home. They should be able to take care of business against all those other teams, the Giants, the Titans, the Browns, the Jets.
00:47So, yeah, I think that, to me, national perception is different, and when you look at the AFC in general, you have a new-ish head coach and a rookie quarterback last year in Bo Nix in Denver. That team just beat Philadelphia on the road, and it only had two narrow losses previously to good teams.
01:07The Colts with Daniel Jones. I mean, they're moving up. The Jaguars are 4-1. Their wins and their loss have been fairly impressive losses, too, close ones. So, I don't know if it's yet a changing of the guard, but I don't know if Baltimore is going to resurrect itself or if Cincinnati can.
01:29So, I think the AFC's landscape is, or is poised to, change in one fell swoop. Buffalo is still the best team with the best quarterback, regardless of what happened Sunday, but I do think that the AFC landscape has drastically changed.
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