Is AFC West the best quarterback division ever?
The AFC West is set to be a (throwing) arms race.
Unarguably, no division is as stacked at quarterback as the division with Kansas City, Denver, one of the Los Angeles teams and Las Vegas.
Patrick Mahomes has led the Chiefs to at least the AFC title game in each of his four seasons as a starter, winning a Super Bowl and an MVP along the way. Justin Herbert might be the best under-25 quarterback in the league, after nearly carrying the Chargers to the playoffs in his second season. Derek Carr’s strong 2021 campaign catapulted the Raiders to the postseason, and finally, Russell Wilson, long considered one of the game’s elite quarterbacks, joins a Broncos squad that is loaded with talent on both sides of the ball.
With arguably four top-10 quarterbacks within the division, including one who many pundits rank No. 1 overall (Mahomes), Colin Cowherd this week went out on a historical limb and said that the AFC West is the best quarterback division in league history.
Cowherd pointed to the fact that Mahomes has the highest passer rating of all time, Wilson has the most wins of any QB through their first 10 seasons, Herbert has the most passing yards and TDs over a signal-caller’s first two seasons, and Carr leads the NFL in fourth-quarter comebacks since entering the league in 2014.
“It’s pretty remarkable in my life that it’s the greatest, most talented quarterback division ever — and it’s not close,” Cowherd said. “There’s never been four elite quarterbacks, ever in my life, elite quarterbacks [in the same division].”
Derek Carr doesn’t mind Raiders being ‘underdog’ of the AFC West
Colin Cowherd shares his thoughts on the ‘underdog’ Las Vegas Raiders and a stacked AFC West quarterback ladder.
Statistically, Cowherd isn’t wrong in saying that AFC West has potentially four superstars under center. Each of them statically ranks among the best in the league over the past four seasons — or two seasons in Herbert’s case.
Mahomes has the most passing yards (18,707), passing touchdowns (151), and the third-best passer rating (106.2) in the league since he became the Chiefs’ starter in 2018.
Get more from National Football League Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more.
