- Submitted by Long Ball, DOF

The wild, wild AFC West – home of Bambi, the Mad Bomber, Stram’s straight I formation and Floyd Little.  But alas, that was a time of a day gone by and now a whole new era has surfaced in the land where the sun sets.

Two brand new head coaches, an excellent offensive coordinator that has been snake-bit as a head coach, and the reincarnation of “Smokin’ Joe” make up the head coaches in this division – click the link below to continue this fascinating journey . . .

In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle, “Surprise, surprise, surprise!” – your Denver Broncos are in 1^st place (and undefeated to boot – did Belichick just say “Well, gollee” or just “Shazaam”?).   Whodathunk it?  First one to say Pat Bowlen gets a pie in the face – let’s further analyze this division:

4)    Josh McDaniels, Denver Broncos – I thought “Boy Wonder” smooched the pooch with his mishandling of the Cutler affair – I stand corrected!  However, I would strongly suggest that he gives Mike Nolan a healthy raise, based on the early returns of the Bronco season.

3)    Todd Haley, Kansas City Chiefs – Triple H (Hot Head Haley) and Pioli are going through the “Tuna Helper” system, attempting to locate bits and pieces out of every NFL salvage yard at their disposal.  It will be a long and painful process – hopefully, the Hunt family and Chief fans will be able to exercise patience.

2)    Tom Cable, Oakland Raiders – The only redeeming factor for “Sluggo” is that Al Davis is too senile to recognize the dysfunctional status of the once-proud Raiders, thus limiting his expectations for success – just win, baby?

1)    Norv Turner, San Diego Chargers – Poor old Norv deserves better than an egomaniac GM – but then again, he could be coaching the Cowboys!

Agree or disagree?  This completes the AFC, so now we jet back across the country to one of the toughest divisions in the NFL.  Competition will also be intense for the hottest seat in this division between the two head coaches that are obviously inferior, if not down-right incompetent, among the four teams.