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Patriots, Steelers Enter the AFC Free-for-All

The entire AFC must have attended a pre-Halloween booze cruise on Saturday night, and they were still a little tipsy when Sunday arrived.

That's as logical an explanation as any for the Pittsburgh Steelers' upset over the Cleveland Browns, the New England Patriots' upset of the Los Angeles Chargers, the New York Jets' upset of the Cincinnati Bengals, and whatever the heck the Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts did to each other in Week 8.

It feels as though every darn team in the AFC is either 4-4 and rising or 5-3 and falling right now. If the season ended today, there wouldn't be a Super Bowl, because every team in the conference is either too flawed to make the playoffs or was on bye this week.