ALAMEDA, Calif. -- A 2-2 start hasn't made first-year Oakland Raiders coach Hue Jackson temper his lofty goals.

"We're going to win the AFC West," he said Monday. "We're going to do everything we can to get in the playoffs and go challenge for a Super Bowl. I am not backing down from that."

A week after bullying the New York Jets in an emotional victory in the home opener, the Raiders were dealt a dose of reality in a 31-19 loss to the New England Patriots that exposed plenty of issues that still need to be addressed if Oakland wants to end a run of eight straight non-winning seasons.

"We're going to fix it, and we have just the men to do it," Jackson said Monday. "What we got to do is go out and do it, and do it consistently, play in and play out. There's flashes of brilliance on this football team, whether it be offense or defense or special teams. And then all of sudden, sometimes things don't go the way we want them to. What we got to do is become a very consistent football team, and I think we can, and I think we will."

The Raiders have alternated wins and losses this season, going from a season-opening win in Denver to a second-half collapse in Buffalo to the impressive victory over the Jets to the latest loss to the Patriots.

Now Oakland is in for another tough test this week with a trip to Houston to play a 3-1 Texans team fresh off a victory over defending AFC champion Pittsburgh.