... recent years, the AFC has been noticeably stronger than the NFC.

 

While the American Football Conference hasn’t come close to achieving the level of dominance that the NFC enjoyed throughout the 1980s and the better part of the '90s (15 out of 16 titles), they have certainly put together their own impressive streak that started with the John Elway-led Broncos in the late '90s. (AFC teams are 9-3 during that span).

 

Has this recent trend of AFC superiority carried over to this season?

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