{"id":469271,"date":"2025-10-23T12:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/469271\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:46:08","slug":"afc-division-leaders-look-identical-to-2014-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/469271\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC division leaders look identical to 2014 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What year is it, again?<\/p>\n<p>Seven weeks into the 2025 NFL season, the AFC&#8217;s four division leaders are the <a href=\"https:\/\/coltswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/patriotswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">New England Patriots<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Denver Broncos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>. That brings back memories from a decade ago when those teams were quarterbacked by Andrew Luck, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Ben Roethlisberger, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL&#8217;s official Twitter\/X page noted earlier this week that the last time the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/indianapolis-colts\/338\" data-autotag=\"d3fda36a-3eb5-4700-8763-caba831c06ae\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colts<\/a>, Patriots, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" data-autotag=\"80ecb2c2-c4e3-4c9a-8c53-01c0a2da3542\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Broncos<\/a> and Steelers all won their respective divisions was 2014 when Denver and New England went 12-4 and Pittsburgh and Indy went 11-5.<\/p>\n<p>Now led by quarterback Daniel Jones, the Colts are currently the No. 1 team in the conference, followed by the Drake Maye-led Patriots (5-2), Bo Nix-led Broncos (5-2) and Aaron Rodgers-led Steelers (4-2).<\/p>\n<p>After losing to Indy in the divisional round of the 2014 playoffs, Denver went on to win the Super Bowl in 2015. We&#8217;ll see what happens this time around.<\/p>\n<p>Social: Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BroncosWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thebroncoswire\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2019\/08\/03\/denver-broncos-famous-fans-celebrities-include-paul-george-amy-adams\/79446413007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What year is it, again? 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