To some, the NFC was a Junior Varsity conference compared to its upper-echelon peer in the AFC.
Whereas the AFC is loaded with young, promising signal-callers at the helm of legitimate Super Bowl contenders (the incomparable Patrick Mahomes is the oldest in the field at the age of … 27???), the NFC presents more of a confusing mix of has-beens, never-was, and just-starting-to-ascend. After all, the top seed in the conference in the Eagles was led by Jalen Hurts, who only truly came to prominence as a starter in Year 3 of his career.
