Lee Smith has done the math.
“There are 1,600 people in the world that do this stuff every Sunday,” the Raiders’ tight end said. “So every team has good players. I think most importantly, you have to have good men, and I think we have that here.
“Plus we have a great quarterback, which is very, very important.”
Derek Carr’s progression his second year will go a long way to determining how many games Oakland wins, but middle linebacker Curtis Lofton agrees with Smith that character and chemistry are more important than talent.