Members of this foursome may do either, but all of them appear to lack the balanced tool set needed to compete with contending teams week in and week out. For that reason, I sense that they’ll struggle to earn enough notches in their belt to be serious players for post-season berths. However, each of these teams has one potential strength that could end up making me eat my words: respectively, a great pass rush, a stout defense, a gifted-when-healthy QB, and an underrated WR group.
Toughest 4-game stretch: Weeks 6-9: LAR, at ARI, at KC, HOU
Easiest 4-game stretch: Weeks 2-5: OAK, at BAL, KC, at NYJ
Dark horse or lack of horsepower?