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- |