The regular season is over, slates are clean and each of the 14 teams to make the NFL playoffs have new optimism for ending the 2021 season with a Super Bowl title.
No matter their odds entering the year, each team remaining has a chance to go all the way. Over the course of 18 weeks, they all showed what they’re capable of. Now it’s just a matter of emphasizing those respective strengths, minimizing their weaknesses and limiting opponents from doing the same for the next four weeks. Whoever does it at the highest level will likely hoist the Lombardi Trophy when the big game wraps on Feb. 13.
Let’s take a look at each playoff team in the AFC and why it could be them:
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