And now, there are four

That Mahomes seems to have had his wind knocked out of him, rather than a concussion means an epic battle for the AFC. Likewise, Brady and Rodgers will be epic, although had Brady been kept by New England, that battle may have been at the Big Game.

As it is, by showing up, Green Bay takes sole position of the second spot for total appearances, with at least 15. Pittsburgh, Dallas and the Giants will be tied for third.

Should Green Bay win its next two games, they will have 17 wins and 9 losses in trophy games and reclaim the top spot and its position as Title Town, USA. (I don't count championships when there was only one division). New England would retain number one for most appearances (due largely to Tom Brady), but be number two with 17 wins and 10 losses in the overall championship stats.

By showing up next week, Buffalo makes its 13th appearance, moving into sole possession of the 16th spot and moving Miami into 17th, with 12. Kansas City will have 10 appearances, putting them into a tie with San Diego. If Buffalo wins, showing up at the Big Game will tie them with Tennessee at 11 appearances (from when Tennessee was at Houston). The current Houston team is last, with no appearances.

If either Kansas City or Buffalo win, they will move into the Top Ten in the championship ranking, with 8 wins and fewer losses than Indianapolis. By winning the AFC, KC would move ahead of Miami. Buffalo would move just behind them. Either way the Rams move down one spot in the trophy rankings with 7 wins and more losses than either KC or Buffalo. Philly will retain the 13th spot, tied with Buffalo, but would be 14th if KC wins.

Tampa Bay will have 5 appearances by showing up, moving them to 27th, tied with Arizona. By moving up, New Orleans and Cincinnati move down to 29th. A Big Game win would move Tampa into a tie with Baltimore and Detroit for 17th overall championships (with Baltimore and Detroit at 4 and 2) and 22nd in appearances with those two teams plus Atlanta, Carolina, the and the NY Jets. We saw Brady v. Brees in tonight's game, just to set the stage for next week.

Mahomes beat Brady last year in the AFC Championship. if Tampa and KC both win next week, there will be a rematch. If Green Bay goes instead, it will be Mahomes v. Rodgers, another one for the ages.

Next week, the comments section of this post will set up the final game, with the last post coming, with the new rankings, in three weeks.