AFC FROM A TO Z
Bengals: They have won four straight against the Chiefs but have lost eight in a row on Sunday nights. This week’s game was flexed from the afternoon.
Bills: Veteran QB Derek Anderson, signed this month, starts only his fifth game since 2010. He completed two passes for 17 yards last season.
Broncos: Todd Davis (20 yards) and Chris Harris Jr. (53) each had an interception return for a TD during the first quarter Thursday against the Cardinals.
Browns: Coming off the worst game of his career, rookie Baker Mayfield faces a Bucs defense allowing a leaguehigh 355.6 passing yards per game.
Chargers: Philip Rivers, whose 115.1 passer rating is the best in the AFC, has 13 TD passes and four interceptions in seven career games against the Titans.
Chiefs: Patrick Mahomes did not throw an interception in his first four games. Since then, he has the same number of touchdown passes as picks — four.
Colts: The 1-5 team will be trying for the fifth time for win No. 300 since moving from Baltimore in 1984. The Colts have lost five of their last six at home.
Dolphins: Frank Gore is averaging 4.9 yards per carry, his highest since 2009. A week after his 46th 100-yard game, he faces the Lions’ 30th-ranked run defense.
Jaguars: Coach Doug Marrone held training camp-like practices to emphasize fundamentals after they were outscored 70-21 over the last two games.
Jets: Jason Myers set a team record last week with seven field goals. His 24 points were No. 2 in NFL history for a player without a TD (Rob Bironas, 26 in 2007).
Patriots: Tom Brady is unbeaten in four career games against the Bears. He’s also 4-0 against the Cowboys, Vikings and Buccaneers and 5-0 against the Falcons.
Raiders: Coach Jon Gruden shot down the notion that his 1-5 team is looking toward next year’s draft: “We are not getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning to tank it.”
Ravens: Their top-ranked defense — allowing 270.8 yards and 12.8 points per game — faces a Saints offense averaging 424 yards (No. 3) and 36 points (No. 1).
Steelers: The defense gave up an average of 420.5 yards and 29 points through four games. Those numbers have dropped to 299.5 and 19 over the last two weeks.
Texans: DeAndre Hopkins will break his own franchise record of 776 receiving yards through seven games if he gets 120, a mark he has topped twice this season.
Titans: Marcus Mariota threw for 313 yards the last time he played the Chargers but has passed for more than 130 yards only once in five games this season.