The Chargers are 3-0, and all three of their wins are against AFC West opponents. That’s an unusual achievement in the NFL.

This year’s Chargers are the first team since 2006 to start 3-0, all against teams in their own division. The last team to do it was the 2006 Bears, who ended up winning their division and going to the Super Bowl.

Only one other team since the NFL’s 2002 realignment, the 2003 Vikings, has started 3-0 with all three games against teams in their division.

With wins over the Chiefs in Week One, the Raiders in Week Two and the Broncos in Week Three, the Chargers have a leg up on the rest of their division in both the standings and the tiebreakers. That makes the Chargers big favorites to win the division: The betting odds have the Chargers as -180 favorites to win the

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