AFC West starting lineup Grades

NFL AFC West starting lineup Grades for all you kids working on your fantasy football teams this team.

	AFC West
	Broncos
QB	Case Keenum
	Has GM John Elway found his franchise QB? B-
RB	Devontae Booker or Royce Freeman
	Booker did not run well last season. Freeman will challenge this season. C-
WR	Demaryius Thomas & Emmanuel Sanders
	Thomas is top 20 but Sanders is not. C
TE	Jake Butt
	Lost all last year from Inj. B-
OL	lt Garett Bolles lg Ronald Leary c Matt Paradis rg Connor McGovern rt Jared Veldheer
	lt Bolles was a rookie but played OK rt Veldheer is decent, Middle of OL is an issue. B-
DL	le Derek Wolfe nt Domata Peko re Bradley Chubb
	Chubb is the hope for DL. D
LB	slb Shane Ray lib Brandon Marshall rib Todd Davis wolb Von Miller
	Miller leads the pass rush Marshall leads the team in run stops B
DB	lc Bradley Roby rc Chris Harris Jr. fs Darian Stewart ss Justin Simmons
	cbs are a disaster safeties are decent C
	Chiefs
QB	Patrick Mahomes
	Very unproven and a big risk D for now D
RB	Kareem Hunt
	Hunt is a keeper if he can stay healthy A-
WR	Sammy Watkins & Tyreek Hill
	Both are outstanding A-
TE	Travis Kelce
	OUTSTANDING A
OL	lt Eric Fisher lg Bryan Witzmann c Mitch Morse rg Laurent Duvernay-Tardif rt Mitchell Schwartz
	Schwartz is solid but Fisher is over rated. Rest are below average. B-
DL	le Allen Bailey nt Xavier Williams re Chris Jones
	This grp is a mess & a shadow of what they were 3 years ago. D
LB	lob Justin Houston lilb Reggie Ragland rilb Anthony Hitchens rolb Dee Ford
	Houston is good as is Hitchens Dee has potential but had not show it yet. B-
DB	lc Kendall Fuller rc David Amerson fs Daniel Sorensen ss Eric Berry
	Fuller is OK. So is Berry if he can stay healthy. Sorensen may miss early weeks of the season. C
	CHARGERS
QB	Philip Rivers
	One of the best QB’s in the league A
RB	Melvin Gordon
	One good year after a bad year, Which will we see this year? B-
WR	Keenan Allen & Mike Williams & Travis Benjamin & Tyrell Williams
	This grp is outstanding & Rivers makes them better B-
TE	Virgil Green
	Lost Hunter but Green is OK. C
OL	lt Russell Okung lg Dan Feeney c Mike Pouncey rg Forrest Lamp rt Joe Barksdale
	Okung is over rated. Pouncey adds a lot Feeney & Lamp are good B
DL	le Joey Bosa lt Brandon Mebane rt Darius Philon re Melvin Ingram
	Bosa & Ingram are outstanding, Rest are decent B-
LB	solb Denzel Perryman mlb Hayes Pullard wolb Kyle Emanuel
	Group is weak D
DB	lc Trevor Williams rc Casey Hayward fs Desmond King ss Derwin James
	Hayward & King are OK. Rest are weak C
	Raiders
QB	Derek Carr
	Has been decent but can he develop further? C
RB	Marshawn Lynch
	Depth is solid but could this be the last yr for Lynch? B-
WR	Amari Cooper & Jordy Nelson & Martavis Bryant
	Both Nelson and Bryant are FA and will help a lot. B
TE	Jared Cook & Lee Smith
	Cook is solid and Smith can block. B
OL	lt Donald Penn lg Kelechi Osemele c Rodney Hudson rg Gabe Jackson rt Kolton Miller
	This line was bad last year. Must get better if O is going to work better. C-
DL	le Khalil Mack lt Eddie Vanderdoes rt Justin Ellis re Bruce Irvin
	Pass rush is solid but DL can’t stop the run. B-
LB	slb Tahir Whitehead mlb Derrick Johnson wlb Emmanuel Lamur
	Whitehead is good rest are not D
DB	lc Gareon Conley rc Rashaan Melvin fs Reggie Nelson ss Karl Joseph
	Conley must come through for the group to improve C-