KC Chiefs: What we learned about each team in AFC West after week 3

The KC Chiefs have strengthened their lead in the AFC West, now sitting two games ahead of the second place Chargers and Raiders. How did week three look for each divisional team?

Three weeks have come and gone for the AFC West in the NFL regular season and the Kansas City Chiefs are the only undefeated team in the division to this point. They sit at 3-0 while the Oakland Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers are 1-2 and the Denver Broncos have yet to win a game, posting an ugly 0-3 record.

With the third week of NFL action officially in the books, let’s take a look at what we learned about all four AFC West teams, starting with the division basement Broncos.

WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT THE BRONCOS?

In the words of Emmanuel Sanders, the Denver Broncos are living in a “world of suck”, his words, not mine. It’s not hard to see why Sanders would be frustrated, as the Broncos have been outworked in their games and both sides of the ball have let them down for the most part. They fell 27-16 against Green Bay.

The Broncos had the misfortune of playing in Lambeau Field this weekend against an undefeated Packers team who rarely loses at home as it is. Aaron Rodgers didn’t even have to be at his best because the Packers defense stepped up and destroyed the Denver offensive line, sacking Joe Flacco six times on Sunday afternoon.

Flacco went 20/29 for 213 yards and was intercepted once. His offensive line did him NO favors whatsoever, so it’s not all Flacco’s fault that the Broncos are winless to this point. Drew Lock wouldn’t fare much better behind that line even if he were healthy.

Phillip Lindsay finally got it going, totaling 81 yards and finding the end zone twice. Royce Freeman also had a nice day, rushing 15 times for 63 yards. That’s a decent running back committee the Broncos have in the backfield, but it took them a bit to get cooking.

Courtland Sutton had the best day as far as receivers go, grabbing five balls for 87 yards. Sanders was probably so frustrated after the game because he only had two receptions for ten yards.

As for the defense, they kept the Broncos in this game for as long as they could, holding Rodgers to 235 passing yards and one touchdown, but still failing to record a sack. They allowed just 77 yards on the ground, but allowed Aaron Jones to score two touchdowns. They also surrendered nearly 100 yards to Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who had the lone receiving Green Bay touchdown.

The Broncos will look to get their first win of the year against the Jaguars in Empower Field at Mile High in the late window of games.