Last offseason, the AFC West was lauded as perhaps the best division ever assembled. The Broncos had traded for Russell Wilson and signed Randy Gregory. The Raiders made headliner acquisitions of Davante Adams and Chandler Jones. In Los Angeles, the Chargers signed J.C. Jackson and made a deal for Khalil Mack.
All were supposed to threaten and perhaps usurp the Chiefs. Then Kansas City won its seventh straight AFC West title and a second Super Bowl in the Patrick Mahomes era.
This year, the expectations are more muted (save for the Chiefs), but moves have been made regardless. Here’s how we grade the four offseasons, while giving a look at where each team sits headed into the summer.
