Broncos Take Total Control of AFC West

by Nancy GayFiled under: Broncos, Chargers, NFL AnalysisSAN DIEGO -- Monday night featured perhaps the NFL's best quarterback battle this season, the duel between Philip Rivers and Kyle Orton, and it all but determined the balance of power in the AFC West, despite the fact that it's only mid-October.Seriously -- who would have thought that Orton, once mistake-prone and reviled and probably still being burned in effigy by Bears fans, would now sit among the league's elite passers while guiding a 6-0 Denver Broncos team?Make that the utterly dominant, AFC West-leading Broncos, who rode the franchise record-setting momentum of Eddie Royal returning both a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns in the first half to preserve a 34-23 victory over the foundering San Diego Chargers (2-3).Broncos Take Total Control of AFC West originally appeared on Fanhouse NFL Blog on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:00:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Com...