Nix Degrees of Separation: An AFC West Preview
7/22/20261 hr 31 min
Mina is joined by Hayden Winks to preview the AFC West ahead of the 2026 NFL season. They break down the Chiefs, Broncos, Chargers and Raiders, highlighting each team's biggest strengths, weaknesses, and questions on both offense and defense. Then, they rank the division from top to bottom and make our predictions for who comes out on top.
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Mina Kimes· Host0:29
[upbeat music] Welcome back to The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny. Only NFL podcast. One of the hosts heard me talking about Kenneth Walker and said, "That's funny, I call Mina Lenny Walker." That's Lenny. I'm Mina. Kenneth Walker time. AFC West. Here to join me for the first time, very exciting, I always love having a first-time guest, Hayden Winks, of now the Yahoo Fantasy Football Show. Just happened. You were traded.
Hayden Winks· Guest1:01
I was traded, yeah. Exciting times over here. The industry's beyond crazy. Uh, but it's always a blessing to talk some football on here, and got lots of Kenneth Walker notes. [laughs] Um, and yeah. It's, it's... What a stacked division, too.
Mina Kimes· Host1:14
Yeah. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm really looking forward to doing this, 'cause, um, I've been doing these power rankings pods, and I... The next one comes out Monday with Bill Simmons. And I had the Chiefs ranked really low, and then while doing the prep