Divisional playoff weekend in the NFL this year looks to have revealed a truism about the league that is, nevertheless, true.
The two AFC games should result in easy wins for the home teams, the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers. It would be a mighty shock if the Tennessee Titans left Massachusetts with a place in the AFC Championship game; slightly less shocking if the Jacksonville Jaguars upset the Steelers. But it’s still difficult to envisage either result actually happening.
In contrast, the depth of talent in the NFC makes those two fixtures very tricky to predict.