GMFB’s Peter Schrager names surprise team playing the best football in AFC because they have a ‘robot at quarterback’
ACCORDING to Good Morning Football's Peter Schrager, the winningest team in the AFC is not the best team in the AFC.
The Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs both sit atop their respective divisions at 9-3 - the joint-third-best records in the NFL behind the NFC's Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings.
But neither the Bills nor the Chiefs are playing the best football in the AFC, per Schrager.
That honor goes to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Currently second in the AFC North at 8-4 and fresh off of their fourth straight win, most recently a 27-24 victory against the Chiefs, Schrager is high on the Bengals and more specifically, their quarterback Joe Burrow.
Speaking on Good Morning Football, Schrager said: "I don't know if any team is beating the Bengals if the Bengals play like they've been playing the last two weeks specifically."
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He continued: "Let's start off with yesterday. Joe Burrow was the best quarterback in football yesterday.
"And I know Derek Carr might have put up better numbers and I know Jalen Hurts might have won another big game and had beautiful passes to AJ Brown - [but] Joe Burrow, what he did in big moments, third down, coolest customer, was better than (Patrick) Mahomes yesterday when it mattered most and delivered more, and this is the third straight time he's done that."
And it's "this robot at quarterback" that Schrager seems to believe sets the Bengals apart, praising him for performing when it matters most and regardless of who he has to work with or against.
He even admitted: "I don't want to face the Bengals in January. I don't."
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Schrager also said: "So, are they the best team in the AFC?
"Right now the Buffalo Bills are the best team in the AFC, and the Kansas City Chiefs are right there, and the (Baltimore) Ravens even are the better team in the AFC North based on the standings. Whos playing the best football right now? You'd better believe it's the Cincinnati Bengals."
Next up for the robot and his Bengals are their divisional rivals - the 5-7 Cleveland Browns.
The Bengals will host the Browns on Sunday, December 11 at 1 pm ET.
