One X-factor for each team in the NFL playoffs:

Raiders defensive tackle Quinton Jefferson

Las Vegas Raiders – Quinton Jefferson

You could probably right a book about that Sunday Night game between the Chargers and Raiders to wrap up the 2021-2022 regular season.

Justin Herbert's heroics kept the Chargers in that game. However, one of the biggest stories in that contest was how phenomenal the defensive line of the Raiders was.

Maxx Crosby has been a game-wrecker all season long, while Yannick Ngakoue complements him well as a speed rusher coming off the opposite edge.

Despite Las Vegas getting rid of their top two interior pass-rushers this offseason, they were able to find some excellent replacements and one of those guys is Quinton Jefferson.

Originally drafted in 2016 by Seattle, it took until his third season to earn major time on the field, before playing 50+ percent of snaps and recording 3+ sacks in each of the last three years, even though his pressure numbers went way down in Buffalo before getting released. This season, he has reached a career-high 25 pressures and he’s only missed one tackle.

He can knife into the backfield and create some disruption against the run, but it’s his ability to get around the guards in the passing game with a good combination of speed, power and smarts that will help him to become an x-factor.