AFC West Week 4 Projections
 

AFC West Week 4

Sitting atop the AFC West at 3-0 with an already commanding 2 game lead in the division are the Kansas City Chiefs. This week, The Chiefs are on the road for the 3rd time in the first 4 weeks of the season. To add to the challenge of the road games, the Chiefs have faced fierce defenses in Jacksonville and against the Ravens, as well as a strong defensive effort in Oakland. Despite that, the Chiefs have reeled off 40, 28, and 33 points respectively, to keep alive their NFL record streak of consecutive games with 26+ points. The defense is a work in progress, but has already shown improvement over last season and has allowed the offense to pretty much coast through the second half of every game so far. Lamar Jackson was lighting up teams in his first 2 games averaging 250+ yards per game to his top 2 receivers, yet the Chiefs held them under 100 yards combined.
This week, the opponent is the Detroit Lions led by former Patriot DC Matt Patricia. Patricia currently has the Lions undefeated with a 2-0-1 record. Their opponents have been the 1-2 Chargers(perennial preseason SB favorites), the 2-2 Eagles, and the 0-2-1 Cardinals. This versus the record of the Jaguars(1-2), Raiders(1-2), and Ravens(2-1). So, the records of prior opponents is relatively close.
Being a former Patriot assistant, I expect to see him throw some of the same defensive looks at Mahomes that the Patriots did last year. I bet that he doesn't hold the offense down for an entire half, but i wouldn't be surprised if the Chiefs offense doesn't struggle some early. Their offense doesn't concern me. I expect our defense to have it's best game to date.

Score prediction Chiefs 35- Lions 20. Mahomes 30/34 362 Yards, 4 TD's

Second place in the division at 1-2 is held by the Chargers and Raiders. The Chargers began week 1 with an overtime win against the Luck-less Colts(2-1), then followed that up with losses to the Lions(2-0-1), and the Texans(2-1). So, they have faced quality opponents, but aren't Superbowl favorites like the Chargers supposed to beat quality opponents? I guess that you could blame injuries to Hunter Henry, Derwin James, and the Gordon holdout. But the Chiefs have lost Fisher, Hill, and Williams and just keep rolling. Excuses are for losers.
This week, the Chargers are in luck. They get a free win against the tanking for Tua Dolphins who have been outscored an embarrassing 133-16 through the first 3 games. Chargers get and easy win here to pull back to .500

Score Prediction: Chargers 35, Dolphins 6 Rivers goes 30/35 for 288 yards and 3 TD. Melvin Gordon pulls his hamstring scoring a garbage time TD in the last 5 minutes.

Also at 1-2 are the Faiders. The Faiders started out looking like Gruden had turned them around. They defeated the division rival Donks(0-3) 24-16. The Faiders were confident heading into week 2, when they hosted the Chiefs(3-0) for the final time in the black hole. They started out strong, taking an early lead. But then Reid unleashed Mahomes for a 28 point 2nd quarter to effectively end the game at halftime. Both teams went scoreless in the second half as the Chiefs coasted to victory. Week 3, the Faiders traveled to Minnesota to face the Vikings(2-1) and got blown out 34-14.
This week, they travel to Indy to face to Colts(2-1), who have looked pretty good with Jacoby Brissett under center. Don't look for the Fade to get back to .500 this week.

Score prediction: Colts 27, Faiders 20. Carr 17/25 192 yards 1 TD, 2 Int

And, at the bottom the division, we find the lowly Donks with an abysmal 0-3 record. The Donks have lost to the Faiders(1-2), Bears(2-1), and the Packers(3-1). Now, those are some quality opponents, so not a lot of shame in losing to those teams, except.....They haven't had a sack or a turnover in a single game. Aaron Rodgers mocked them by bragging about never having his jersey so clean after a game. He was ready to go out on the town because he was feeling good from not getting hit. This is a defense led by the great Vic Fangio with pass rushing stalwarts VonDouchebag and Bradley Chubb as well as Chris Harris patrolling the field. Where is the no fly zone now? It's pretty sad that Nick Chubb, a running back, has as many sacks through 3 weeks as Bradley Chubb. This team is a dumpster fire. I'm actually rooting for them to win now because I don't want them picking in the top 5.
This week the Donks face the Jaguars(1-2). It is a team with a losing record, and it's in the thin air of pile high, so maybe they have a chance to get their first win of the season. But, I just don't see it happening. Will the defense be able to lay a hand on Gardner Minshew? I doubt it. But, I do expect the Jags defense to get to statue quarterback Flacco several times. Donks fall to 0-4

Score Prediction: Jags 28. Donks 9 Flacco 17/28 152 yards, 0TD, 2 int, 1 fumble.

How funny would it be if the Dolphins beat the Chargers?

If they do and the bills beat the cheatriots, we'll know the football God's have good things in store for us.

i noticed that douche broncos fan who used to post this thread no longer does

fairweather POS

:clap: FYI this was a staple till 5 head went south and the tables turned with the Chiefs dominating the division

Week 4... One for every week the Earth has existed!!!

"Melvin Gordon pulls his hamstring scoring a garbage time TD in the last 5 minutes."

ROFL

To be fair, I would probably be done with watching the NFL if another AFC West team had drafted Mahomes and he looked like this.

These other fanbases know that they’re playing for a wildcard for the next 15 years, which means they have zero shot at the Super Bowl. None of them are winning 3 straight road games against 3 division champs.

I can’t blame them for giving up.

:thumb: Spot on- great post.

The Chargers have had Rivers and wasted his career. Mahomes is going to eclipse Rivers in every way.

Nah the Chargers have given that guy good teams and he’s just a grade A choker. I will seriously be pissed if that guy goes to the HOF.

He has numbers and that’s it. He gets most of those through garbage time too

About time... was about 6 years ago when they ended.

I agree with this. I think it’s ridiculous that people act like Eli Manning is a fringe Hall of Famer, but Rivers is a lock.

Twice, the greatest coach and greatest defensive mind of all time had two weeks to prepare for Eli Manning in the Super Bowl. Twice, Eli Manning walked off the field with the Lombardi and the Super Bowl MVP. Plus, his stats are better than Elway’s.

Rivers OTOH can’t even seem to win the AFC West. Hasn’t won it in a decade. Even Cassell and Tebow have won it more recently.

I’m not an Eli fan, but he is far more deserving than Rivers.

Well, I got 3/4 right on the wind. I sure didn't expect the Raiders to pull out the win against the Colts. At one point, it looked like I might miss 3 of 4. The Chiefs tried pretty hard to give the game to the Lions, and the Donks snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against the Jags

Well, you got most of the wins right... how they got there, you missed fairly decently though. Keep it up - they're fun to write, yeah? Pretty respectable on the scores for KC/DET and LAC/MIA.