HOUSTON -- Brock Osweiler doesnt have much experience as an NFL starter. The good news for the Houston Texans is that their inconsistent quarterback does have a history with the San Diego Chargers, who visit Houston on Sunday.Osweiler won twice last season against the Chargers when he played for Denver. He believes his familiarity with San Diego (4-6) will help him this week despite his move to a new team.The one thing it allows me to do is ... I know their personnel a little bit, Osweiler said. I know what (defensive coordinator John) Pagano wants to do schematically. Obviously, Im expecting some game plan adjustments that maybe I havent seen before, but certainly I feel like San Diego is more of a common opponent in my eyes.Osweiler and the Texans look to rebound this week after yet another road loss against Oakland in Mexico City. The Texans (6-4) hope to improve to 6-0 at home on Sunday and hold onto first place in the AFC South when they host a San Diego team which has lost two of three and is coming off its bye .Though the Texans werent able to outlast Oakland , coach Bill OBrien believes Osweiler is improving and that hell get better as he gets more experience in Houstons system. He has thrown 12 touchdown passes with 10 interceptions, but has been much better at home where hes had eight TD tosses.Our chemistry is growing with every single day we spend together and obviously my knowledge of the offense is getting better and better each week, Osweiler said.Chargers coach Mike McCoy has a history with Osweiler . He was Denvers offensive coordinator when Osweiler was drafted in 2012 and the coach is impressed with the progress hes made this season.I know the attention to detail, the way he prepares, McCoy said. Hes going to be the biggest critic of himself, but a talented player. The more you play with your teammates, the more you play in your system ... the more comfortable you are going to feel the better you are going to play as time goes on, and that showed on Monday night.Some things to know about Houstons first meeting against San Diego since 2013.NOT THAT WATT: There will be a Watt on the field in Houston, but it wont be Texans injured superstar J.J. Watt. It will be his brother Derek Watt , a rookie sixth-round pick of the Chargers this season. Quarterback Philip Rivers said hes added a new dimension to their offense.Hes kind of a true fullback that was havent really had in a handful of years, Rivers said. Weve used our tight ends kind of in that role. He obviously plays on special teams as well, he catches the ball well and hes good as a fullback. Hes been a good addition for us.CLOWNEYS CONTRIBUTION: Houston defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is having the best season of his three-year career and is tied for second in the NFL with a career-high 12 tackles for losses. The improvement of the top overall pick in the 2014 draft has helped Houston deal with the loss of Watt.Hes a very talented player, McCoy said. Hes a player that you have to make sure you know where he is every play, because he is a special player that can change a game in a hurry.RECORD WATCH: With 109 career touchdown catches, San Diegos Antonio Gates needs two to tie Tony Gonzalez for the NFL record for a tight end. Gates has five TD catches this year. He has yet to have a two-touchdown game. Gates has caught 82 career scoring passes from Rivers, the most in NFL history between a quarterback and a tight end.EXTRA TIME: This is the second week in a row Houston will meet a team coming off its bye. Coach Bill OBrien said his coaching staff had to work more this week and last to even the field since their opponents had more time to get ready.Theyve already been preparing for you for three or four days or whatever it is, OBrien said. We have a lot of catching up to do ... Im not complaining about that. Its just its definitely something that we have to put in extra time to try to catch up to their preparation time for us.GORDONS WORK: San Diego running back Melvin Gordon looks to continue his big season. Hes the NFLs fourth-leading rusher with 838 yards, needing 162 more for his first 1,000-yard season and the 20th in franchise history. The Chargers last 1,000-yard rusher was Ryan Mathews with 1,255 in 2013. Gordon ran for a career-high 196 yards in a victory against Tennessee three weeks ago. 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His reach and his shot, and hes definitely not easy to knock off the puck. You go to hit him and you feel it just as much as he would. Theres not that many guys at that age who would still have the fire and passion to still be doing it.Jagr would like to be doing it on a team on a roll, but the Panthers (13-13-5) struggled since associate general manager Tom Rowe took over behind the bench for the fired Gerard Gallant. Florida is 2-4-4 since Rowe became the interim coach.The hope was a coaching change would spark the Panthers but that hasnt happened. However, a win in Colorado last season came during a 12-game winning streak, and a win Friday could help start turning things around.We were in a pretty similar situation from last year to now, Nick Bjugstad told the Sun-Sentinel. If you can string together that at any point of the season it can change the whole course of the year.The Panthers are in prime position to get on another streak against a Colorado team that has seemingly lost the aability to win at home.ddddddddddddThe Avalanche are 0-5-1 in their last six games at Pepsi Center and 4-9-1 overall there. They showed some fight in their most recent setback, a 4-3 loss to the streaking Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, and theyre hoping to build upon that effort.I thought we played real hard, real competitive, did a lot of good things, coach Jared Bednar said after the loss to the Flyers. Thats how we have to play -- like that.The Avalanche (11-16-1) are still without goaltender Semyon Varlamov, who also missed Wednesdaysgame with a groin injury. Varlamov has been inconsistent this season but had his best outing in a 3-1 victory at Toronto on Sunday. He made 51 saves and came within a 6-on-3 power-play advantage for the Maple Leafs of getting his second shutout of the season.Calvin Pickard will get the start again. He allowed four goals on 25 shots against Philadelphia, including two in a span of 1:46 of the third period that proved to be the difference.Pickards role as the starter is expected to be short-lived. Varlamov was on the ice for practice Thursday and Bednar said he thinks he will be ready soon.Hes three days off the ice now, and now hes skating so well have to give him some shots, Bednar told HockeyBuzz.com. Its not like we need three days leeway to get him back in only being out that length of time. Were taking it day and day and well ask the trainers when hes ready to go. When he feels good, then hell be back in. ' ' '