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Denver’s stunning 31-24 victory brings up the question. Will the NFC ever win this thing? AFC teams held a 33-29 advantage over their NFC counterparts in the regular season. Exactly half of Tennessee’s wins in an 8-8 season came against the other conference when it swept all four games from the NFC East. Denver won three of four against the NFC West. Why, even 3-13 Indianapolis knocked off Green Bay. Make no mistake about it. The AFC arrived on Sunday and there is the distinct possibility the beleaguered conference might not leave the scene any time soon. The balance of power quite conceivably has shifted. Any pendulum swing toward the AFC can be directly traced to a changing style of football. Many of its teams have adopted the same philosophy of power football behind big, mobile running backs.