The Abysmal AFC West

by Chris Thorman on Nov 3, 2008 3:34 PM CST in 2008 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

AFC West Standings

	W	L	PF	PA
Denver	4	4	190	221
San Diego	3	5	224	199
Oakland	2	6	107	201
Kansas City	1	7	126	223

(updated 11.2.2008 at 10:11 PM CST)

The crazy, insane, almost can't believe it fact of the Kansas City Chiefs 2008 season is that you can make the argument, right now at least, that the Chiefs are only a couple plays away from being 2nd place in the division. With a .500 team at the division helm, first place is even closer.

No, the Chiefs aren't going to win the AFC West. But they may not come in last or even second to last place when the season is over. I suppose its best to be terrible when everyone else is terrible too.

It's Charger week so we'll be looking at San Diego as the week wears on.

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Is it wrong for me

to be shooting-milk-out-my-nose laughing out loud that the Raiders #1 overall pick from 2007 has about the same stats as our 7th round (picked 215 players later) 3rd stringer made starter?

JaMarcus Russell
105/216 48.6% comp 1289 yds passing 69.0 QB Rating 6TD 4 INT

Tyler Thigpen
77/151 51.0 % comp 836 yds passing 67.6 QB Rating 5 TD 4 INT

by ChiefDJ on Nov 3, 2008 6:16 PM CST reply actions

I think everyone is now realizing

how much that ridiculous hold-out hurt his development.

P.S. No, it isn’t wrong at all…I think it’s freakin’ hilarious!

by PVChiefsfan on Nov 3, 2008 6:25 PM CST up reply actions

"No, the Chiefs aren't going to win the AFC West. "

How does it work?

If we beat SD once, beat the Raiders on the road, and beat Denver on the road, but lose the rest of the games, we’d be 4-12, but 4-2 in the division…what happens if 4-2 is the best division record?

by PVChiefsfan on Nov 3, 2008 6:27 PM CST reply actions

Best overall record

Then division record, then (I think) conference record, then common opponents, etc.

by Joel Thorman on Nov 3, 2008 6:29 PM CST up reply actions

Exactly why division games no longer mean as much

Back when 50% of your games were against division opponents then you really had to win your divisional games. Because if you couldn’t beat your division you had almost no chance of going to the playoffs. Now you can win all the other games lose your division games still be 10-6 and go to the playoffs.

by tevans96 on Nov 4, 2008 12:36 AM CST up reply actions

If for some freakish reason...

we manage to win out… and I do mean freakish… like a monkey with four asses freakish.

That would make us 9-7, perfectly feasible that that could be the best record in the division. We currently have the tiebreaker vs. Denver – the division leader.

I’m not saying I think it will happen, but it is possible.

Just think, if we won the last two games we would be tied for 2nd and 1 game out of 1st. Wow the AFC West is struggling this year.

by Ochophosphate on Nov 4, 2008 7:51 AM CST reply actions

I think some of the fans would have strokes

If we won out people would go nuts because we would be drafting in the second half of the 1st round. And if that did happen you know we would get killed in the first round of the playoffs again. I do think it would be fun though for this rebuilding year to end on a major up swing. Personally I would like to see us win half of our remaining games and get out of having to draft a top 5 pick.

by tevans96 on Nov 4, 2008 9:11 AM CST up reply actions

That would make us 5-11

and I don’t think that would be a top 5 pick this year…

I could see both the bengals and lions going 1-15, followed by several 3-13/4-12 teams

by PVChiefsfan on Nov 4, 2008 10:16 AM CST up reply actions

Yep

And that is exactly what I would like to see happen. Picking 6-10 still gives you plenty of choices and I think we could find a top end DE or MLB in that range of the first round.

Now if Thigpen flops down the stretch I might change my tune but I am hoping we don’t draft a QB in the first round.

by tevans96 on Nov 4, 2008 10:23 AM CST up reply actions