Last season, it was a foregone conclusion that the AFC West was the toughest division in the NFL. Maybe one of the toughest divisions ever.
Well, not exactly.
The Kansas City Chiefs held up their end. They won the Super Bowl. And the Los Angeles Chargers did, too, to an extent, making the playoffs before suffering an epic collapse in the wild-card round. The Denver Broncos and Las Vegas Raiders were big disappointments. It wasn't the toughest division ever, or even the toughest of the 2022 NFL season.