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The New England Patriots have been the class of the AFC for more than a decade, and oddsmakers still have the Patriots as contenders, but they are no longer the favorite. The Kansas City Chiefs have dominated the NFL this season thanks to a high-powered offense and they are the current top choice to win the AFC in 2018.  The Pittsburgh Steelers have long been the top foe to New England and have been tapped as the co-second choice in the betting odds. The Los Angeles Chargers are also in the mix on the short-list of contenders, as are the intriguing Houston Texans with promising quarterback Deshaun Watson.

After that most teams are longshots, but pegging a Cinderella to emerge with the AFC title would pay off nicely in NFL betting.

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The AFC has been all about runs of dominance in its history. First it was Don Shula's Dolphins, who won three straight conference championships in the early-1970s. Then it was the Steel Curtain of the mid- and late-70s which won four AFC titles in six years. Then it was the "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls" Bills who won four AFC championships in row to kick off the 1990s, the most consecutive titles in AFC history. And now, it's the Brady and Belichick show.

The Patriots haven't quite had that same degree of consistent dominance at the highest level like those teams in the past did, but the prolonged competition has been insane. New England has played in six consecutive AFC Championship Games and has won the conference title seven times since 2001 when Tom Brady came into the league.

Go back and look at the teams who have won the AFC since '03. The list of quarterbacks who have won the conference at that point? Tom Brady (6), Peyton Manning (4), Ben Roethlisberger (3), Joe Flacco (1). Essentially, the last non-Hall of Fame quarterback who won the AFC was Rich Gannon in 2002 with the Raiders.

AFC Championship Results by Team

Dominance personified. Of the 47 AFC Championship Games all-time, a whopping 25 of them have been won by the Patriots, Steelers and Broncos. New England broke the three-way tie between New England, Pittsburgh and Denver last year by capturing its record ninth AFC championship, and it figures to ultimately become the first team in the NFL to win 10 conference titles during the Super Bowl era.

The Pats still have a way to go to run down the Steelers for the most ever appearances in a conference championship game. Pittsburgh has 16 showings in the AFC Championship Game, going just 8-8 in those games. The Patriots have 13 appearances in the AFC title game.

The Jets, Browns, Jaguars, Chiefs and Texans are amongst the teams who have never won the AFC championship, the Jets having the biggest record for futility at 0-4 in the biggest game of the year in the conference. Houston is the only team in the NFL to have never played in a conference championship game, though it is also the league's youngest franchise.

The longest drought without an appearance in the AFC Championship Game belongs to the Bengals, who last appeared with Boomer Esiason under center in 1988.

American Football Conference Teams

• AFC North
• Baltimore Ravens
• Pittsburgh Steelers
• Cincinnati Bengals
• Cleveland Browns

• AFC South
• Indianapolis Colts
• Houston Texans
• Jacksonville Jaguars
• Tennessee Titans

• AFC East
• New York Jets
• Buffalo Bills
• Miami Dolphins
• New England Patriots

• AFC West
• Denver Broncos
• Oakland Raiders
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Los Angeles Chargers

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