The Broncos can take over the AFC West with Chiefs loss on Monday Night Football

It’s early in the season to be tracking playoffs notes, but the competition is already hot in the AFC West. But some important things could happen tonight:

First: If the Kansas City Chiefs win, nothing changes. They’ll still lead the AFC West and will still own the #1 seed in the AFC as the conference’s (and NFL’s) only remaining undefeated team.

But...

If the Chiefs lose, they fall to 3-1 and their 1-0 division record loses a tiebreaker to the Denver Broncos’ 2-0 division record.

If that happens, the Broncos take over the top spot in the division and the #2 seed in the AFC playoffs picture.

Why just the #2 seed? Because the first tiebreaker for identical records is head-to-head results, and the Broncos surrender that to the current leaders of the AFC East, the Buffalo Bills. What a strange, wonderful game.

So here’s to seeing some of this after tonight’s game: