Yes, there have been a lot of injuries, but a top player at the most important position remained healthy enough to suit up every single week, and the Chargers still went 2. Scott KacsmarOakland Raiders It is not an insult to believe that the Raiders will regress and win fewer games this season. Stacking 1. 2 win seasons is a very difficult thing to do in this league. Joe Montana, Steve Young, Roger Staubach, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, and Matt Ryan have never stacked together consecutive 1. A team basically has to have Peyton Manning or Tom Brady at quarterback to consistently win 1. Derek Carr is not at that level yet. Last years team was rough around the edges despite the record, and the inability to beat Kansas City limited them to a wild card berth. Lesser competition also tended to give the Raiders all they could handle. Scott KacsmarAFC South. Houston Texans Right now, the Texans look very much like a team that has gambled their future on Deshaun Watson reinvigorating a dead passing offense. It could work, but its more likely to work in the longer term. Medical Staffing Business Manual Sample there. Rookie quarterbacks being good right away is a hard thing for projection systems to catch on to, and we have no empirical data that points to Watson excelling immediately. We also have a lot of evidence proving that the other teams in this division have gotten better. The Colts finally got rid of their dead end general manager and stopped fielding an AARP defense. The Jaguars are building a great defense and are only tied to Blake Bortles for one more year. The Titans are relying a lot on green defenders, but have become a much scarier team on the other side of the ball. These are some of the things that head coach Bill OBrien may begin to see show up on tape this year, rather than abstract analytical terms. Rivers Mc. CownIndianapolis Colts For the Colts to make an immediate beeline to the playoffs would take some things going right even beyond QB Andrew Lucks health.