It's that time of year when not much is going on, day-to-day, in the . That means we like to take stock of the teams and players and do our thing with lists and comparisons and Jordan Martinook Women Jersey what-have-you. Consider this another entry in that file.We're going to compare the AFC and NFC acro s every positional group, and figure out which conference has the advantage. We begin today with the offensive side of the ball, and finish things up in part two with the defense.Without further ado... KC QB #15 CMP%67.1YDs5250TD41INT12YD/Att8.1 Well, we know where the big advantage lies here. Just look at the names.The AFC has (deep breath) , Josh Allen, , Lamar Jackson, , , and . And those are just the guys who played at any extremely high level last year. The conference also features players like , , and , who played at Pro Bowl or better levels recently but not last season, plus players like , , and , who have been average or better starters. And then there's second-year man , plus rookies in and . That's the whole conference.Contrast that with the NFC, where it's and , and then, uh... , , , . , , and , plus , , , , , , and I gue s ? It's really no contest here. Even looking at how these quarterbacks performed in 2023, AFC pa sers were more efficient (EPA per dropback), more accurate, took sacks le s often as a percentage of overall dropbacks and pre sured dropbacks despite being under pre sure more often, and created more explosive plays than their NFC counterparts. Were it not for NFC quarterbacks' interception luck (39% of their potential interceptions were dropped, compared with 31.8% of them for AFC quarterbacks, per Tru Media), this might have been even more of a landslide in the pa sing department. Hurts and Fields helped the NFC pull ahead in the rushing statistics, while Jackson mi sing a significant portion of the season hurt the AFC there.Still, we know which conference is clearly superior.ConferenceNFCAFCEPA/dropback0.020.05Comp %65.5%64.4%Off target %10.7%10.6%Yds/att7.077.19TD %4.43%4.33%INT %2.06%2.17%% Dropped INT39.0%31.8%Sack %6.8%6.3%Pre sure %32.0%33.3%Sack/pre sure20.4%18.1%Scramble/pre sure13.9%13.2%Yds/scramble7.87.71D/att34.2%34.1%Expl/DB7.5%8.4%Yds/rush4.524.33YBCO/att2.222.37YCO/att2.311.96% No gain or lo s28.7%29.1%% 5+ yards37.4%37.9%% Explosive10.7%10.0%Avoided tackle %12.9%10.5% CLE Haydn Fleury Men Jersey RB #24 Att302Yds1525TD12FL1 It's admittedly tougher to make a call here than it is at other positions because so much of running back production is dependent on factors outside of the running back's actual talent. The quality of blocking matters first and foremost. The scheme and the player's fit within it play a role. The quarterback's willingne s to throw the ball to his backs, either as a primary option or a checkdown, also factors in.But we do know some areas the backs themselves have more control over: breaking tackles, yards after contact, yards after catch, and creating big plays. When comparing last year's production acro s multiple statistical measurements, it becomes clear that AFC backs mostly performed better in the areas where running backs make more of an impact with their own skills. The margins are pretty thin, but they did perform a bit better. ConferenceNFCAFCRush succe s %38.7%38.0%Yds/att4.394.40YBCO/att1.451.38YCO/att2.943.02% No gain or lo s16.9%18.0%% 5+ yards35.7%34.8%% Explosive7.6%7.7%3rd/4th + 1 conv %69.2%64.5%Avoided tackle %16.8%19.8%Target %17.6%19.70%Yds/rec7.417.17Yds/rte1.011.08YAC/rec7.627.29Rec succe s %42.5%40.5%Of course, this year's backs are not the same as last year's. The NFC could be helped by, for example, taking over even more of workload (or taking ); the additions of , , and in the draft; having a full season in San Francisco, and more. And the AFC could take a step backward if starts to break down or returns to the type of player he was before his career-best season or disappoints or the older backs in Miami can't recapture its 49er form, or any number of other reasons.But if you just look at the talent and what matters in running back production, one conference has players like , , , Jacobs, Henry, , , , ... it just seems like there is more depth of high-end backs than in the conference featuring the aforementioned McCaffrey, Pollard, Robinson, and Gibbs, along with , a likely-to-be-suspended, and, and (among others). MIN WR #18 TAR184REC128REC YDs1809REC TD8FL0 This is an interesting one because there are probably more imposing individual wide receivers corps in the AFC than in the NFC. I'm not Julien Gauthier Men Jersey sure any NFC team can rival , , and , or and , or and . The have and , but they're the only team that comes close to matching the level of top-end duos or trios that the AFC has. But there are also more AFC teams with sort of blah receiver corps, and the talent is just more spread out in the NFC overall. There's , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . Not to mention rookies like and , and AFC arrivals like . The AFC also has stars like , , , and , but the depth of talent isn't there like it is in the NFC.That's why I wasn't nece sarily surprised to discover that despite AFC quarterbacks being better overall, the NFC receivers out-performed those from the AFC last season. They were targeted more often, caught a higher share of their targets, averaged more yards per route run, created more yards after the catch, had a higher succe s rate, and dropped the ball le s often. They were flat-out better. With the talent on hand, we can expect that to continue.ConferenceNFCAFCTarget %19.4%18.4%Catch %64.1%62.5%Yds/rec12.412.8Yds/rte1.541.47Adj. yds/rte2.382.26YAC/rec4.394.13Air yds/tgt10.3210.75Air conv %76.8%74.3%Expl/tgt16.5%17 Sebastian Aho Women Jersey .0%1D/tgt38.0%38.0%Succe s %50.0%49.8%Drop %3.8%4.6% KC TE #87 TAR152REC110REC YDs1338REC TD12FL1 The AFC tight ends rather dramatically outperformed their NFC counterparts last season. They were targeted more often, averaged more yards per reception, per route, and after the catch, threatened defenses further down the field, and created explosive plays and first downs more often. ConferenceNFCAFCTarget %16.6%17.2%Catch %69.9%68.4%Yds/rec10.210.8Yds/rte1.181.27Adj yds/rte1.912.02YAC/rec4.975.07Air yds/tgt6.437.18Air conv %110.0%102.4%Expl/tgt13.3%15.3%1D/tgt36.0%37.1%Succe s %51.3%50.1%Drop %4.4%4.7%Considering the AFC is home to and , that's not surprising. The NFC has , who is an outstanding receiver who doesn't get to show it quite as often as his elite counterparts but makes up for it by being the best blocking tight end in the . It also has , , and , and technically . It even has now, after a trade from the to the .But the AFC supplements its elite duo with , , and , plus solid players like , , , , and , and has young players with potential like , , , and . There is just a greater depth of talent in the conference, in addition to featuring probably the two best pa s-catching tight ends in the league. SF OT #71 Amazingly, the NFC's advantage here is almost as significant as the one for the AFC at quarterback. Pro Football NHL Carolina Hurricanes Women Jersey Focus' top five highest-graded tackles from last season all play in the NFC. (, , , , and .) The NFC also has nine of the top 10, 14 of the top 20, and 21 of the top 32. The conference also had 15 of the top 20 in pa s-blocking efficiency, and each of the top seven and eight of the top 10 in run-blocking grade. And all of that was with -- routinely one of the best left tackles when healthy -- mi sing almost the entire season. Throw in development for players like , , , Ickey Ekwonu, , and , and the conference is just incredibly heavy with top-end talent and extremely deep. (We haven't even mentioned the likes of , , or , not to mention , , , and more.)The AFC has some strong talent with the likes of , , , , the ' bookends of and , , , , and more. But it also has a lot more question marks on both ends of the line than does the NFC.The NFC might have the single-best interior offensive lineman with , who just keeps churning out All-Pro campaigns year after year. It might also have the best center with , and it also has stars like and emerging talents like , , , and , among others. But it can't compete with the depth of interior talent in the AFC. Just look at some of these teams: , , and Michael Onwenu in New England. and in New York. and in Cleveland. and (when he's healthy) in Indianapolis. , , and in Kansas City. And that's before we get to players like (who had his best season after moving to center with the ), , , , , , ,, , , and a whole lot more.