SAN DIEGO — Well before the Kansas City Chiefs put a big smile on Chargers' faces Wednesday by trading All-Pro receiver Tyreek Hill out of the division — where K.C. finished first in all six years with him — the NFL's American Football Conference was spinning the sports world on its index finger.
If it were its own sports league, the 16-team AFC would be more interesting than any other.
It's not just that seven AFC teams employ a star quarterback. Or that three others went to the recent playoffs with their current quarterback. Or that three bad and often stupid AFC clubs, the New York Jets, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars, possess a young quarterback of some promise and loads of draft capital.