Perhaps the second-to-worst division in football (they should thank their NFC counterparts), the AFC West was turned upside down when the Chiefs stole the division away from the Chargers. Can they repeat or will San Diego return to form? With rebuilding years in Denver and Oakland, how much can we really expect? Let the near-meaningless analysis begin!
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With a lock-out now imposed in the NFL, I decided to take a look back at the 2010-2011 season standings and see where I went right/wrong with my preseason picks. Starting with the AFC, here’s what I predicted… and then what really happened, along with a five-star scale of my correctitude.
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Ugh. Do we really have to talk about the AFC West? Aside from the Chargers, there isn't a legitimate contender in the bunch. (And even San Diego will just crumble in the playoffs as usual.) Oh well. Here's what I see from the worst division in football.
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On the first play of Denver's Monday Night game against New England, Jay Cutler injured his finger on Vince Wilfork's helmet. This must have messed with Coach Mike Shanahan's usual pre-planned 15-play commencement to every game. Seeing the immediate innaccuracy of Cutler's throwing after the bang-up, more run plays started to get dialed. Since Selvin Young was out of the game, it was 33-year-old back-up Michael Pittman's job to carry the load. Soon thereafter, during the same long drive downfield, Pittman was injured and taken out of the game. Thus third-stringer Andre Hall had to carry the ball. And on his first touch, he fumbled it. The drive was simply doomed from the beginning.
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