This is the point of the season where things - sometimes - start making sense. Sort of, almost, halfway through, a decent sample size on which to gauge performance, winners and losers clarifying as things tighten up and the playoffs become visible in the distance.
The NFL pecking order has not changed dramatically much through these first eight weeks.
BUF, DET, GB, HOU, PIT: Steady, solid performers.
BAL: Wildly erratic, alternating overpowering wins with inexplicable losses.
PHI: Inconsistent, leading the division, as usual.
LAC, LAR, SF: West Coast injury bug. signs of getting healthy.
MIN, SEA, TB: Early season promise, midseason struggles.
ATL, AZ, DEN, WAS: Rising toward playoff shot.
CHI, IND: Middle of the country, middle of the pack.
CIN, CLE, DAL MIA, NYJ: Preseason picks turned also rans.
CAR, JAX, LV, NE, NO, NYG, TEN: Jockeying for draft picks.
That leaves KC. The Chiefs, as usual, just keep chugging along. A drop in offensive output is met with an improved performance from the Steve Spagnuolo-orchestrated defense. Players go, new players come in and execute. Mahomes's statistics are middling, but he continues to make the play needed when it's needed.
Ongoing Chiefs's success means we'll be subjected to this for the forseeable future:
Too bad we probably won't be seeing more of this:
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