Getty Image
Not counting the predictably dominant Kansas City Chiefs, who currently lead the division with a record of 3-1, the other three AFC West teams — Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, and Denver Broncos — have combined for just five wins so far this season.
Normally, though about five weeks in the season, this wouldn’t be all that big of a deal. However, combined with the aggressively subpar play of Russell Wilson in Denver so far, NFL fans find the current state of the AFC West to be quite hilarious considering NFL analysts spent the offseason touting it as the best division in the ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Yikes.
With Week 5 kicking off on Thursday with Broncos vs. Colts, the AFC West has just one team with a winning record right now, and that’s the Chiefs. Other than that, the Raiders have just one win, and that’s because they were able to beat the Broncos.
Meanwhile, the Chargers — who were touted by some to reach the Super Bowl — haven’t exactly lit the world on fire either, as they currently sit at just 2-2.
Following the Broncos’ putrid performance on Thursday night against the equally disappointing Indianapolis Colts, NFL fans took to Twitter to joke about how grossly overhyped the AFC West was, as it appears as though the division will once again belong to Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Football fans are ripping on the AFC West for being foolishly touted by some as the best division in the history of the NFL
NFL ANALYSTS: AFC WEST will be the best division in football
AFC WEST: pic.twitter.com/MQMpP4T9uh
— Brother Hen (@BRO_HEN314) October 7, 2022
They were saying the AFC West might be the best division in nfl history lmaooo 15 gon have that thing wrapped up by week 12
— Eli (@Eli_Wilborn) October 7, 2022
It’s crazy how the AFC West went from being the best division in football over the summer to looking like the Chiefs and everybody else for the seventh straight year.
— Mark Gunnels (@MarkAGunnels) October 3, 2022
aFc WeSt BeSt DiViSiOn
— Hello Kittle #KoanNagelsmann (@Hello_Kittle) October 7, 2022
Remember when people were saying the AFC West was the best division in football?
Broncos: ass
Raiders: ass
Chargers: ass
Chiefs: not ass— ✈️ (@happyjetsfan_) October 7, 2022
Im old enough to remember when folks tried to tell us the AFC West was the best division in football, ever.
— Bmcdaniels (@BmcdanielsMD) October 7, 2022
Remember when people said the AFC West was the best division in football?
— Spoosh (@Spooshuw) October 7, 2022
As a reminder it wasn't that long ago people were saying the AFC West was going to be to best overall division we have seen.
— Mark (@Bengals_Mark) October 7, 2022
Thought y’all said the AFC West was going to be the best division…
— Amel (@kb24wife) October 7, 2022
Remember when everyone thought the AFC West was going to be the best division in the NFL?#TNF
— Jason Hagholm (@JHagholm1) October 7, 2022
Lol send me all the tweets of people saying the AFC West is the best division in football
— BadGalAli (@aliweitz) October 7, 2022
AFC west was hyped up to be the best division ever
— David García (@DavidGarcia_909) October 7, 2022
And I dove head-first into the "the 2022 AFC West will be the best division race of all time" hype.
I am an idiot.
— Matt Wagner (@Matt_Wagner24) October 7, 2022
This weekend, the Raiders and Chiefs will face off against each other in Kansas City, while the Chargers will travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns.
As for the Broncos, they’ve got 11 days to get their offense sorted out before taking on the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday, October 17.