well the AFC west is one of those calls where you have to decide what factor is gonna be decisive rather than pick a team

ignoring the whipping boys (san diego)

Oakland

Pros - have great depth on offense. Greatly improved their D, and have a variety of packages at their disposal.

Cons - no starting RB. also can the grandads on the team produce. Tim Brown's productivity dramatically fell last season.


Denver

Pros - Champ Bailey will improve Denver's D straight away. the rookie RB should do well, as coach shanahan has a knack of developing young RB's

Cons - they will miss shannon sharpe. while they have a promising RB for the future, u seriously can't expect him to rush for nearly 2000 yards like portis did last season. also a few questions linger about the o-line.


Kansas City

Pros - very difficult to stop Tony Gonzalez and Priest Holmes. you cover one, they go to the other. got a new DC, so they should improve on D.

Cons - no significant threat at wideout. all it'll take is an injury to either gonzalez or holmes and the chiefs offense will struggle. not too many additions to the defense so while a new DC is fine, can he iron out the mistakes? also daunte hall now becomes a 'con' of sorts, coz most teams will be angling punts out of bounds and kick offs away from him and towards the side where their coverage guys will be heading.

i think oakland have fewer questions than the other two. at the endof the season, there will only be a few wins separating these 3 sides