AFC West Preview | Fantasy Football Podcast 8-6-25

The AFC West kicks off with a Denver Broncos offense that delivered some surprising value last year ... and then added some potentially large contributors for 2025. The Kansas City Chiefs come off two down years for scoring that just might set up their key players as fantasy football draft values. The Las Vegas Raiders changed the most vs. last year. (And that's a good thing!) While the Los Angeles Chargers might bring more questions than answers from their first year under Jim Harbaugh. We're breaking down the entire division, hunting for fantasy football sleepers, busts to avoid, and more.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:46 Denver Broncos 2024 recap

2:10 What’s new for the Broncos

3:57 Is Evan Engram washed or a PPR target?

7:15 How to treat Broncos RBs

9:07 Any late-rounders worth targeting?

10:40 Why Courtland Sutton and Bo Nix fail to excite

13:44 Kansas City Chiefs 2024 recap

15:05 What’s new for the Chiefs

16:59 Isiah Pacheco leads Chiefs targets

27:02 What to do with Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce

31:44 Target Marquise Brown … or worry about him?

35:18 Kareem Hunt was “horrible” last year?

36:02 Las Vegas Raiders 2024 recap

37:10 What’s new for the Raiders

38:55 Ashton Jeanty leads Raiders draft decisions

40:52 Is Jakobi Meyers the new Tyler Lockett?

44:00 What to do with Brock Bowers

48:43 Los Angeles Chargers 2024 recap

50:51 What’s new for the Chargers

52:22 Why it’s difficult to target Chargers players

54:43 Is Matt about to get Ladd McConkey wrong again?

58:08 The case for -- and against -- Tre Harris

1:00:51 Omarion Hampton might be too expensive

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