From Mahomes to Pickett: ranking the QBs in a ridiculously stacked AFC

Aaron Rodgers is hopeful of winning a Super Bowl with the New York Jets. But he has entered a conference packed with stars under center

Aaron Rodgers has joined the New York Jets with high hopes of winning a Super Bowl. But by swapping the NFC for the AFC, he has given himself a tough task. Not since the merger has one conference had such a concentration of quarterback talent as the AFC does heading into the 2023 season. And the conference could add another couple of stars if rookies CJ Stroud and Anthony Richardson prove to be hits.

Let's hop around the AFC and sort the quarterbacks into tiers (the rookies are excluded: we'll wait to see them in the league before passing judgment).