11. Oakland Raiders (4-3)
The Raiders are sitting above the AFC West division leaders in my rankings for the simple reason that they are better than the Chargers and will come out on top by season’s end.
Confident words, I know, especially considering their Quarterback has gone down with a season-ending injury and they have plucked former USC and Bengals stand-out Carson Palmer from the sofa of retirement and plugged him into an offense that he understands about as well as Plaxico Burress understands the gun laws of New York State.
Palmer will come good, the Raiders will prosper and the Chargers will run out of power soon enough. Watch this space.
12. San Diego Chargers (4-2)
The Chargers occupy the final spot in my top twelve on the basis of pedigree and talent. Despite topping their division at this point in the season, their lofty position is by no means stable and I imagine they will sink faster that the Titanic when they hit the ice-cool juggernaut that is the Green Bay Packers, who they are scheduled to face in Week 9.
A Week 8 match-up against divisional come-back kids, the Chiefs now holds more significance than one might have thought possible after three weeks. Lose to the streaking Chiefs and the division will enter a three-way tie that the Chargers are favourites to fall out of first thanks to the looming showdown with the Pack.
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