"Seems to me like the oddmakers are saying exactly what I'm saying, the AFC is ugly and just getting to the playoffs will be difficult for any team in there"
Since the AFC is so much better than the NFC as many on this and IIRC other NFL threads have been saying, amazing isn't it that the AFC LOST the Pro Bowl today :-)
Yeah pro-bowl games matter ;) Of course there's a difference between individual athletes and full teams, the NFC has a lot of good players, they're just not assembled into very many good teams.