There may not be any more pathetic division in the NFL betting action than the AFC West. If you start at the bottom and work your way up it’s not a pretty picture.

The Oakland Raiders are an embarrassment to the league and its surprise that new Commissioner/God Roger Goddell has stepped in to hand a suspension to crazed owner Al Davis. The Chiefs are one of the teams that will finish with a record lower than the Raiders, in the football odds standings. The Broncos got very lucky during the first-year of man-child head coach Josh McDaniel, but without Brandon Marshall involved in this offense this is a 6 win team at best.

The only exception to this across the board mediocrity is the San Diego Chargers one of the winningest franchises in the NFL betting action over the past five years. Sure, this team has failed to win a Super Bowl despite being richly talented and there are the constant cries from disgruntled Bolts fans that Norv Turner has squandered the team’s talent which is a very valid point.

Still, this team no team has dominated the AFC West like the Bolts and barring an injury to QB Phil Rivers or some other act of nature the Bolts should beat up on their weakling division rivals again during the 2010 football betting season.

The Chargers finished 2009 with a 13-3 record and should be even better this season. Rivers is one of the top five QBs in the NFL betting and his huge WRs should be even better this year with another year of experience under their belt. The offense will also have a huge upgrade at RB with the addition of 1st round pick Ryan Mathews. If the offense can dominate the clock as it did in years past when LT was in top form this is a very dangerous team.

The defense is the biggest weak spot for the Chargers as it gave up 326.9 ypg in 2009. The pass defense was decent giving up just 209 ypg in the air but the run defense ranked in the bottom half of the league (117.6 ypg). The run defense will still be spotty and the pass coverage will take a hit with the departure of one of its top cover CBs but with pass rush specialist Shawn Merriman playing in a contract year hopes are that the team will be able to generate some sort of pass rush and take the pressure off the secondary.

But any way you look at it, the Chargers will once again dominate the doormat AFC West.