These teams all have playoff aspirations and exciting players, but they lack overall juice when it comes to storylines. Minnesota's offensive line threatens to obscure quarterback Sam Bradford's quiet growth. It's on coach Mike Zimmer's defense, carefully built entering his fourth season, to carry this group. ... Baltimore's young, deep defense is worthy of preseason respect, but there's little reason to think the Ravens' offense got better, even with Joe Flaccoback on the field. ... Washington's defense lacks difference makers, and the offense barely played together in August. A lot of their season hinges on wideouts Josh Doctson and Terrelle Pryor. ... The Chiefs suffer in this exercise from their reliability. Even with Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce, it feels like we've seen this show before.