AFC West Preview
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🗓️ 23 August 2024
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
The Chiefs and everyone else...that's the AFC West. While it'd be a massive upset if the Chiefs don't run away with this division, it still has its fair share of storylines and intrigue. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into all of it on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
- Kansas City Chiefs preview
- Los Angeles Chargers preview
- Las Vegas Raiders preview
- Denver Broncos preview
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:06.8 | Great show for you guys today. |
| 0:07.9 | It's the AFC West. |
| 0:09.9 | Obviously, we've got the two-time defending champs and then a bunch of teams where we've got new head coaches. |
| 0:15.4 | We've got new mentalities. |
| 0:17.3 | We've got new attitudes. |
| 0:18.5 | We've got new buildings. |
| 0:19.8 | We've got new quarterbacks. There are a ton of things in transition for this division heading into this year. And we dug into all of it with Derek as we keep these division previews rolling along. Let's get to it. |
| 0:36.6 | Digging in to the AFC West today, Derek, I wanted to ask you, if you had to give a tagline for this division, what would it be? |
| 0:50.3 | Best Coast. |
| 0:52.4 | If you're going to call me on the West Coast, I'm going to say Best Coast every time. Come on now. I mean, when you have Pat, technically he's like the furthest east, so it kind of feels weird to classify him as West Coast. But it is the AFC West, so I'm going to claim him. We have, obviously the defending champs, the two-time defending champs in this division. A couple teams very much in transition. |
| 1:07.7 | I mean, I think the rest of the teams in this division, you could qualify as in transition. But this starts with the best team in the NFL, the most relevant team in the NFL, the best player in the NFL. So let's get this kicked off with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs offseason in 60 seconds. We've done these for all of the teams that we've talked about during these previews. |
| 1:32.1 | Extension for Chris Jones, who was a free agent, I forgot that even was happening at the beginning of the offseason. Five years, 160-ish million, $95 million guaranteed. Travis |
| 1:37.5 | Kelsey gets a little bit of a bump. Drew Treacle, three years and 19 million with 12.5 |
| 1:42.6 | guaranteed after he comes in last year on a |
| 1:45.2 | one year deal and played very well for this team. Offseason acquisitions, they retained Michael Dana, |
| 1:51.1 | they signed Marquis Brown to a one year $7 million deal. They traded Ligeria Sneed to the Titans. |
| 1:57.2 | Also lost Nick Alagrety, Willie Gray, Willie Gay, Mike Edwards in free agency. |
| 2:06.1 | And in the draft, Xavier Worthy in the first round, Kingsley Suwamataia, in the second round. |
| 2:09.7 | As far as I know, Padma Holmes is still there. |
| 2:11.7 | So almost all the other stuff doesn't even matter. |
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