Denver Broncos: AFC West team rankings after week two
Kansas City Chiefs (beat Pittsburgh Steelers 42-37)
Last week: 1st
This week: 1st
The Chiefs remain first in this week’s AFC West power rankings, and I would say they are on thin ice for allowing 65 points in the first two games but the Broncos and Chargers haven’t looked much better as a whole.
And right now, the Chiefs’ offense looks like the most unstoppable unit in the NFL. They have played against two really bad pass defenses, but they have also carved them up as you would expect a good offense to do against bad defenses.
Patrick Mahomes set an NFL record with 10 touchdown passes in the first two games of the season, surpassing even Peyton Manning’s 2013 campaign when he had nine touchdowns between weeks one and two.
This is a team that has so many weapons, the only way they could really be stopped offensively is if Mahomes was making mistakes. Right now, he’s not, and the Chiefs are rolling.
They were up 21-0 against the Steelers in this game, however, and Pittsburgh climbed back into this game multiple times. The Chiefs did a good job of answering when the Steelers were making their comeback, but the Kansas City defense looks absolutely terrible.
Every AFC West team has something masking its deficiencies right now, whether it’s the offense of Kansas City masking defensive issues, Denver’s victories masking overall inconsistency issues, or the Chargers beating a terrible team after getting destroyed week one.
The Raiders, unfortunately, don’t have any victories to mask their deficiencies so far. They just look like a mess.
The rankings did not change much from last week to this week, but if the Broncos can go into Baltimore and get a win after their two hard-fought victories against Seattle and Oakland, it will be hard not to put them in the top overall spot.
Next. Broncos rookie grades vs. Raiders. dark
After winning two road games to start the season, Kansas City is coming home to face the 49ers. Denver travels east to play Baltimore, while the Raiders will head to Miami to take on the undefeated Dolphins (Oakland has played three teams that are 2-0 so far). The Chargers will take on the Rams in Los Angeles.