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Originally Posted by DRM08
Chiefs OL seems to get whipped by the NFC teams in the first half of these games. The biggest surprise is that the AFC teams haven't been able to do it for the most part.
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It's not a surprise it's just how the AFC and NFC are constructed currently. The best 4 QBs are unquestionably in the AFC. We have seen it time and time again if you can only have one elite side of the ball, you want it to be offense with an elite QB. So everyone in the AFC is investing heavily in offense and just trying to get by on defense. In the NFC teams don't have to worry about a singular elite guy so they draft in a more balanced way. Just look at the last two drafts in the first and second round tells you all you need to know:
AFC - 21 defensive players (9 first rounders)
NFC - 37 defensive players (16 first rounders)
So it's not surprising the AFC can't do it, they don't invest enough capital to try and make it work.