AFC West Week 17 Preview: Chargers at Broncos

The Las Vegas Raiders were the lone winners in the AFC West during Week 16.

The Las Vegas Raiders are playing the best football of any team in the AFC West at this point in the season.

The Raiders come off a 20-14 upset of the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Christmas Day. 

While the Silver and Black are riding a two-game winning streak with two games remaining in the regular season, the Chiefs have lost three of their last four, the Denver Broncos have lost their last two and the Los Angeles Chargers have lost their last three games.

Here's what to look for from the Raiders' AFC West rivals in Week 17:

Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs

The Chiefs will be fortunate to stay at home on Sunday as they try to clinch their eighth consecutive division title.

Kansas City also will have the luxury of hosting a Cincinnati Bengals team that comes off a 34-11 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers and are without Pro Bowl quarterback Joe Burrow, who sustained a season-ending wrist injury against the Baltimore Ravens on Week 11.

Without Burrow, it probably won't be nearly the same instant-classic showdowns these two teams have been known to produce in recent seasons, but after all, Kansas City just lost to a Raiders team that generated only 205 total yards of offense, including 48 passing yards.

Then again, Cincinnati does not have the defense Las Vegas has, as the Bengals rank second-to-last in the league in total defense.

Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos

Despite back-to-back losses, the Broncos remain in the playoff hunt, but they will have to win this game and their final game against the Raiders to have a shot at the postseason.

The Chargers were the last team Denver defeated, as the Broncos won the Week 14 game, 24-7.  

But now, the Broncos have benched quarterback Russell Wilson.

Both teams are in the bottom quarter of the league in total defense, and neither team has much going offensively for it.

Should Denver brings the same intensity it did to the teams' last game, though there's a very good chance it will enter its final game of the regular season with a .500 record.

The Silver and Black continue the season on New Year's Eve versus the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. 

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