There is no way that either of these teams will tie the 1972 Dolphins (full season undefeated) or 2007 New England Patriots (16-0 regular season and 18-1 overall). Someone will knock them off as teams love to play the bully. I say the Saints lose to the Patriots in Week 12 and the Colts get surprised in Week 11 by the Ravens.

Here are my answers.

1) You are definitely correct in your accessment of the Chargers-Broncos game. If the Broncos win they will have a 3-game lead and don’t expect them to collapse like in 2008. McDaniels has the Broncos focused and their defense is allowing less than 10 points a game. Conversely, the Chargers might continue their housecleaning (see Clinton Hart) if they lose at home to their hated AFC West rival.

2) I don’t know what Smith is doing as he is the guy that brought in over half the players and he fired Marty to surprisingly hire Norv Turner. As is probably the case on the West Coast, I am not a fan of Turner and his teams nototiously underachieve. Maybe Smith’s power play backfires and eventually the Spanos family sends both Smith and Turner packing.

3) I am with you on the “Wildcat”, but the key is you need a back/QB running the formation that is a dual threat. I like Miami’s commitment to the formation — run it better than anyone — but I think other NFL teams don’t spend enough time in practice on it and it shows.

Thanks for your kind words.
Lloyd

1) Do you see the Chargers vs. Broncos game as a must win for San Diego?

2) Do you see Chargers GM AJ Smith calling out his team and basically calling them ’soft’ in the media a sure fire way to lose the team and damage their performance the remainder of the year?

3) When are people going to realize that the wildcat formation isn’t a gimmick but a power running formation?