Greg Schiano is a Great Pick up for the Bucs!

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers recently hired Greg Schiano as their head coach and for once I think they did something right.  Schiano, who has been coaching at Rutgers for quite some time, was able to turn them into a team that was considered the bottom of the bottom in division 1 football to a relevant team.  They at one point went 10-2 and were ranked as high as 6th nationally.  In case you missed it, I just said he had Rutgers as high as 6th nationally.  I like to think that if you can coach, you can coach at any level.  Some people, it seems that it is not the case, but that is how I feel.  This guy has the intellect to coach at this level as he is of the Belichick mind, but he does have the youthful energy to deal with today's NFL player as well.  The Buccaneers have a solid defense, a decent young quarterback and now the right coach to turn them around.  I think you see results in year one with Schiano leading the way.

Not So "Special Teams"

Today is going to be a tough day for the Harbaugh brothers as they both came so close to meeting each other in the Super Bowl.  Of all facets of the game, it was the least talked about that ended up doing each of the brothers in.  Baltimore kicker Billy Cundiff misses a chip shot that would have most likely put the New England/Baltimore into overtime barring a miracle in the last 11 seconds of the game and Kyle Williams fumbles twice for the 49ers against the Giants.  It makes it pretty tough to call them special teams if you are a fan of one of these teams, but despite these awful miscues, we must realize that there were other opportunities for these teams as well.  Joe Flacco, who outplayed Brady in this game still had some easy miscues that could have changed the game as he missed Vonta Leach for an almost sure touchdown on a drive in which they settled for a field goal.  On the play before the missed field goal on a third and one, he could have most likely ran for a first down, which would have maybe given them another shot or 2 at the end zone.  Let us not forget that on one of Flacco's good throws, Lee Evans had a touchdown stripped away from him by Sterling Moore, who in my opinion should be on the field a lot more as he is always making good plays in his limited opportunity on the field.

The 49ers were able to take advantage of man coverage for Vernon Davis, which is very surprising as he is their main threat, but that is the type of game that must make management rethink if Crabtree can ever be an elite receiver as he was not able to separate all day, which was a real issue for the offense.  In the end, it is fairly evident that you need to keep up with all facets of the game or what we saw yesterday could be the result.  The Patriots continue to show that they are a complete team as against a pretty good Baltimore defense with Brady not playing a good game and still come out with a win.  Congrats to the teams that made it and it should be an interesting rematch from a couple of years ago.

Alex Smith and Michael Crabtree, key to San Francisco Victory Today!

There are many players and factors that are being talked about in this NFC Championship today, but in my opinion the biggest factor will be the combination of Alex Smith to Michael Crabtree.  We know a couple of things already, Eli Manning will get his completions to his trio of receivers and the 49ers will stop the Giant run game.  That much I am fairly certain will be the majority of yards for the Giant offense.  I think, much like Ben Roethlisberger being thrown into Brady status last year on his run to the Super Bowl, the idea that Eli is better than his brother Peyton is ludicrous, especially after watching the Colts play without him this year.  I felt Eli was underrated, much like Big Ben before last year's run, now I feel like he is being overrated much like Big Ben once he made it to the Super Bowl.  Eli is a very good quarterback, but let us not forget that the Giants only made it to the playoffs because of the Eagles misery.  Vick missed 4 games this past season and I am pretty sure he would have won one of those games that they lost, which would have been enough to keep Eli and company at home.  I won't even get into Tom Coughlin as I feel he is overrated as well and is a slightly above average coach that would have been fired had they not made it to the playoffs.  Much like the Cowboys and Chargers, the Giants have a ton of talent so this is where they should be and anything else is a direct link to bad coaching, enough said.

Back to the point of this blog, which is the Smith to Crabtree combo.  The 49ers are thought of as a run team, but the real weakness for the Giants are their cornerbacks as I have a hard time saying the defensive backfield as I think they have one of the best safety tandems in the league in Antrel Rolle and Kenny Phillips.  Antrel Rolle, who is as good as a cover safety as it gets will do a good job of holding down Vernon Davis along with some linebacker help.  This will leave Phillips to keep an eye on the run, but more important, the Giants are going to ask their cornerbacks to go man up against the receivers.  That will be my key to the game as if the Smith and Crabtree combo can exploit this, it will be a long day for the Giants.  Eli is known to throw some picks when he gets hit a lot as he tries to make some crazy throws, so I expect at least 2 of those today.  If Alex Smith can protect the ball and get it into his receivers hands and Vernon Davis can pull down 5 or 6 catches for about 80 yards, with Frank Gore getting about 100 all purpose yards, this is a game that will definitely go to the 49ers today.  I like Eli and I am glad that he is getting more credit than he was at the beginning of the season, but I am rooting for the 49ers as I think they deserve it more now that the Packers blew their chance to repeat by their own stupid mistakes.  I also think if they can beat the Giant cornerbacks, it will be a win for this 49er team.

Patriots Heading to Fifth Super Bowl in 10 Years After Today!

Brady Wins Matchup vs
Sugar Ray and Company
in my opinion

It seems as the stars are aligning for the Patriots as the teams that I thought had a chance to beat them are falling by the wayside.  This is not to take anything away from the Patriots, but people are probably failing to realize that the Patriots have not beat a team with a better than 8-8 record this season.  Pretty crazy, but that is how the chips laid at the end of the day and if the Patriots can do that and get a number one seed, well more power to them.  After last weekend, which saw Green Bay and New Orleans lose, two teams that I thought would have been really tough for New England to beat, it seems that it is all about grudge matches for New England.  First up, they have the Baltimore Ravens, who embarrassed the Patriots in the first round of the playoffs in 2009 and the possibility of a rematch with the NY Giants in the Super Bowl, if they can get the win today.  I think Baltimore is the team that will be the best matchup for the Patriots from an offensive standpoint as opposed to the Texans and overall even the Steelers would have been a tougher matchup.  It sounds crazy to say that the Patriots should rather play the Ravens because of their defense, but the Ravens are good against the run and overrated vs the pass in my opinion, which is good news for Patriots fans since they don't run the ball much.

Now that the weather is getting better in New England, more good news for the Patriots as if they would have had to play yesterday, I might have been picking the Ravens to win this game as it would have been tough for Brady to move around in the pocket or throw the ball in general.  I am picking the Patriots to win this game on the simple fact that I just don't think Flacco is going to be able to generate enough offense and I don't think the Ravens can slow Brady and company enough to compensate for this.  The Ravens best chance lays with the safeties as they have a good and a great one in Bernard Pollard(yes, the same one that tore up Tom Brady's knee a few years back) and Ed Reed, who is as good as it gets.  They are going to have to slow down the Patriot tight ends with the help of guys like Ladarious Webb, who is probably the Ravens' best cornerback.  I am figuring they might match up Webb with Welker and then focus on doubling Gronkowski with a nickel, maybe Chris Carr.  This will be the best chance that the Ravens have to beat the Patriots.  If they can find a way to get to Brady, consistently putting a hit on him and finding a way to stop the Big Gronk will be huge keys to a Raven victory.

The Ravens, who are not traditionally a good road team, will need to find different ways to score.  If they can hold the Patriots under 20 points and find at least 10 points through special teams or defensively off turnovers is their best chance to win.  I don't think Ray Lewis and company will be able to do this against a team that has not beaten itself this year.  I also don't think they will be able to slow Brady down enough to keep the Patriots under 20 points, so I wouldn't gamble either way on this game, but I do like the Patriots to win as it seems everything is going their way this post season.

What Brady and Belichick do Better than Anybody!

The Hooded one will be ready
this weekend!

I was not sure how to wrap up the weekend as the obvious theme should be turnovers.  I don't want to even talk about the Packers and Giants as that was embarrassing as it gets, but what it actually got me thinking about, which has been largely neglected this weekend, is how good Belichick and Brady are? Follow me for a minute as we know how good they are, but if you look at what happened this weekend and see how the two most talented teams lost this weekend, a third, the Houston Texans did their best to lose a very winnable game.  People will begin to talk about the two week layoff and how it affects teams, but I noticed how San Francisco, Baltimore and the Patriots all had the same lay off and did their best not to lose their games.

As will Brady and his Game Face!

I am fairly certain that the Patriots are not the most talented team in the league, but they are probably the best left and in my opinion, it is their ring to lose.  The Giants are a matchup issue, but the Packers did a pretty good job of keeping that pass rush away and it was mostly their own mistakes that did them in.  A Brady/Belichick team will not shoot themselves in the foot.  When they get beat for the most part, they are outplayed.  The Jets dominated both sides of the ball in last year's playoffs as did the Ravens a couple of years ago.  Very rarely, will you see momentum changing plays on special teams go against the teams left in the playoffs besides the Giants.  The Giants have earned their spot to be here, but I still think the Eagles would be beat them tomorrow 8 out of 10 times.  They outplayed the Falcons, but I think the Packers handed them yesterday's game on a platter.  I could see the Giants having a tough time against a well coached 49er team that had he a couple more years under his belt, I would say that Jim Harbaugh is the second best coach in the NFL behind the hooded one.   I am rooting for them as well as I think that the Patriots and 49ers deserve a shot as they have been the most consistent teams this year that are left.  Alex Smith showed that maybe he can be a very good quarterback in this league and I am rooting for him as well, because it is not easy to be thought of as a bust for all that time and then do what he did this past weekend.  John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens are good and consistent but they don't have the talent to win a big one.  Their defense is overrated as they are very good, but not enough to win against a  good offense like the one they will be facing in New England this week.  Kudos to them for not shooting themselves in the foot and it is not their fault that Jacoby Jones did his best Courtney Roby impression and fumbled inside his own 20 on special teams.  That is enough for this rant and we should appreciate some of the great coaches in this league and how they get their teams ready as it is highly underrated.

Rodgers will remind Everybody that he is the MVP

Aaron Rodgers is licking his chops for this game as he has somehow been forgotten after having possibly the greatest season for a quarterback. Ideally, I do think they were better off playing the Falcons, as they wouldn't have been able to match up at all. I do think the Giants have started to show their true potential and the similarities to their recent Super Bowl win are there, but I think the Packers are tired of hearing about the Giants and their pass rush. The big question in my opinion will be the Packers defense as they have not looked good this season, especially against the run. The loss of Cullen Jenkins in the offseason is showing as they look pretty bad, which will be a real problem if they win and have to play the 49ers next week.They do have the defensive backs to make some big plays as they lead the league in interceptions, but they will have their hands full with this trio of Giant receivers.

In the end I expect a fairly high scoring game, but I think that the Packers coaching staff have worked pretty hard to make sure they have their ducks in a row when it comes to the Giant pass rush. If they can stop the rush, which nobody has been able to do as of late, then Aaron Rodgers will have a very big day as the Giants cornerbacks will not be able to slow them down. At any rate, I like the Packers to win this game, but I am not going to touch the 7.5 point line as I could see it go either way. If I had to pick I would go with the Packers and the discount double check, should be a good game to watch.

Patriots Win Classy and Impressively

The Patriots showed the rest of the league how to beat Tebow and the Broncos.  They were very impressive in this game on both sides of the ball and what was really impressive was that they did it in a classy way as Brady could have broke some records with plenty of time left in the fourth quarter as he already had 6 touchdown passes but they decided to run it down by the goal line and not pour it on when people would have thought that it was still okay.

Tom Terrific looked the part as he was a surgeon on the field as the Broncos did their best to shut down Welker, they forgot about covering the other guys.  I guess they didn't get the memo that Rob Gronkowski shattered the tight end record for yards and touchdowns this year.  It was an all around impressive win as the Patriots defense came alive and looked just as impressive as the offense.  This was a well deserved win and the Patriots will be a favorite next week, regardless of why they play as I don't think either Houston or Baltimore will be able to stop or score with the Patriots.

Baltimore and Houston will do their best BCS championship Imitation tomorrow!

I am not looking forward to this game as it will be pretty boring much like the Texan/Bengal game was last weekend. From a football standpoint I can appreciate good defense and the strategy that goes on between the coaches, but it still does not make for an entertaining watch.

The Ravens have the home field, which can affect a rookie quarterback especially in a tight fourth quarter. Yates will have to come of age if they are going to pull this off. I think they have a defense that matches the Ravens and is better when Mario Williams is healthy. Despite the injuries, the Texans are living up to ATP predictions to be a contender and be the better team in the state of Texas. I am going with the Ravens to win this one , but 7.5 points is a lot with a Baltimore offense going against a Houston defense. I would take Houston and the points and a roll of tums as this game will give probably you indigestion.

Cool Brees couldn't put out Smith Fire!

It would seem that usually 462 yards and 4 touchdowns would be enough to win, but it wasn't today as Alex Smith turned a legendary performance of his own. Smith showed up in a big way as threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns and also a 28 yard touchdown run. The numbers do not begin to show how well he played. He showed poise and resolve in his first playoff victory and it was a well deserved win. How many people would have thought that Alex Smith would be able to lead two touchdown drives in the final few minutes of a big game. There are not too many guys I could see do that, but this guy played hard and smart and outlasted Drew Brees and company in this well deserved win. Congratulations to these guys as it will be interesting to see what they do next weekend as Smith and Harbaugh continue their legendary run.

It will be BRADY Time In New England

Does the Hooded One
have something up his
sleeve for Tebow?

The story has been rather nice, the underdog quarterback who is constantly being told he isn't NFL material just goes out and keeps winning.  I contend that Tim Tebow, largely due to his faith, has been given too much credit for what the Broncos have done this year, but in the end he has been the quarterback under center when the score shows more points for Denver at the end of the game.  New England has a quarterback that can somewhat relate to that in his first season as a starter.  Tom Brady, did not have nearly the arm strength that he does now, but he did have confidence and enough of it to lead the Patriots to a Super Bowl win that year.

I think it is fair to say with Denver coming into New England on this predicted very cold night, that Tebow Time will come to an end as they are 14.5 point underdogs and are going up against a veteran Brady, who is dying to get back to the Super Bowl after the last few playoff losses they have had both at home.  Despite the fact that the Steelers were crucified for their defensive game plan, I would follow that idea on some level.  The only problem that they will have is that Tebow likes to throw to his left side and Devin McCourty, the Patriots best cornerback only plays on the opposite side.  This would mean that Kyle Arrington would have to cover Demaryius Thomas one on one.  I am sure Belichick will not allow this, but he could leave McCourty on the backside one on one and roll the safety to help out Arrington and then sell out against the run.  The Patriots have not been that strong defensively and they can not allow Denver to take up as much time off the clock as they did last time or allow a record against a Belichick defense of 167 yards in a quarter like they did in the first quarter last time.  A big difference this time around is that the Broncos will have all of their starting defensive backs besides Brian Dawkins unlike the last time around so it will not be as easy for Brady, especially with weather being a factor.  In the end though, it is still Brady and Belichick and despite what people have said about this combo, they know how to win better than any other combo.  The Patriots will win this one by around 10, so I do suggest taking Denver and the points in this one.  Due to the weather and the over/under at 50, I am staying away because who knows with these 2 teams.

There will be a Cool BREES in San Francisco this weekend

Cool Brees all day on the
West Coast!

In the first game of the weekend, we have the New Orleans Saints who have been in the playoffs the last few years winning the Super Bowl just two years ago, flying into the west coast to play the surprising San Francisco 49ers.  The 49ers led by, in my opinion, the easy choice for coach of the year Jim Harbaugh, have not been to the playoffs since 2002, I am pretty sure that was the last year.  Playing in a fairly easy division, the 49ers have played well enough to have earned themselves the bye and it was more than needed, because if this game was being held in the Bayou, the spread might be much closer to 10, despite the great defense the 49ers have been playing.
As bad as the Saints have been playing on the road, and who can forget that awful performance last year against Seattle in the playoffs, this is a game which I think will be different.  First off, it is that very game against Seattle that makes me believe this game will be different.  They realize this time around that their inefficiencies on the road and I believe head coach Sean Payton and Drew Brees have been preaching this all week.  They did get better on the road later in the season after throwing up a few duds early.  I expect them to come out pretty fast this week and as good as this San Francisco defense is, which it is exceptional, I don't think they will be able to contain Brees and company who are playing on a different level right now.  Alex Smith, has a had a fairly decent year playing quarterback for SF, but he is going to have the kitchen sink thrown at him this week as I believe Gregg Williams, Saints def coordinator, will be blitzing all day, which will cause fits for Alex Smith and company.  I am sure Jim Harbaugh knows this and that is where the chess match will begin.
Taking everything into consideration, I believe the New Orleans Saints will go into San Francisco and come out with a 27-16 type of win.  I wouldn't be surprised if New Orleans pulls out a defensive touchdown somewhere either as Alex Smith will be forced into some hurried throws, we will see if he was coached up well enough to see it coming and not fall into the Greg Williams trap.

Tim Tebow Played Great, I can live with that!

This will be the first week in a while where I can deal with all of the media attention that Tebow will get as he played very well in yesterday's overtime win against the Steelers.  Dick Lebeau, the defensive coordinator of the Steelers played a chess match with John Fox and his coaching staff and lost.  Fox had enough faith in Tebow to go deep on early downs when he knew that he would have man coverage as Troy Polamalu and company worried about the run.  Eddie Royal made a great catch in the end zone on a play that was well covered by William Gay was one of those plays as well as the 3 big ones made by Demaryius Thomas.  Ike Taylor, who is thought to be the best Steeler cornerback for the last few years was absolutely brutalized yesterday as he probably felt pretty good about his matchup going into the game.  He was asked to cover a B+ receiver with balls being thrown by C+ quarterback, I am sure he thought he could handle it.  You could tell he was taken by surprise as with the score at 6-0 in favor of the Steelers on a 3rd and 12, the only thing he had to do was put his hand up and you are looking at Denver punting from their own goal line.  That play was an absolute game changer for momentum and gameplay itself.  That play gave Tebow and the coaching staff confidence to keep trying it and that they did.

Tebow throws much better deep balls than he does medium range to short ones and he threw some beauties yesterday, so kudos to him and the Broncos as they totally outplayed the Steelers.  Despite this, the Steelers looked like they were going to be able to steal the game, but Big Ben, who must have got a couple of pain shots at half time as he was much more mobile in the second half, looked very bad on the last drive.  They were about 10 yards away from a field goal try and the Broncos forced a fumble with a 3 man rush that pushed them out.  That whole drive looked pretty bad as they wasted a lot of time in between plays and in all honesty, did not deserve to win that game yesterday.  Not that it would matter what I said, but to the media, bestow upon him all the glory he deserves as there haven't been many games in which he has.

Wildcard Sunday Predictions

With one day down and both of the number three seeds moving on to the second round of the tournament, it is now the number one seeds both awaiting who they will play next week.  The Green Bay packers and New England Patriots will play the winner of Sunday's wild card games and I think they will be rooting for the Falcons and the Broncos.

Matty Ice needs
to show up and
prove that he
is elite today!

In the first game of the day, we have the Atlanta Falcons flying in to play the New York football Giants.  Atlanta, maybe one of the worst road teams, which puts them at a huge disadvantage.  The Giants, who were lucky to make it in, not because of talent in my opinion, but coaching, are the favorite and rightfully so as they are at home and are playing pretty good as of the last couple of weeks.  They would give the Packers much more to worry about in my opinion as they could score with the Packers, especially the way Green Bay has been playing defense lately, are used to the cold and can get a very good pass rush on Aaron Rodgers.  That could be an upset in the making and of course Coughlin would get all of the glory as usual.  Anyway, the Falcons need to show that they can play big boy offensive football, which is why they traded away a ton of picks to get Julio Jones.  Forget running the ball thirty times, this is why you have the weapons.  Maybe you could win this game by running, but you are not beating the Packers or Saints that way especially at their home fields. This is the harder of the two to pick, but until the Falcons show me different I have to go with the Giants to win, although I would like to personally see Matty Ice and company get a playoff win today.

In the second game of the day we have the Steelers going to Mile High to play Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos.  There is a twist to this story as their have been several reports that there are passing packages being developed for Brady Quinn in case they get into situations that Tim Tebow can't handle. Pretty funny that you need to bring in a quarterback to handle passing situations, but that is where Denver is at going into the playoffs.  This game is going to be dependent upon the health of the Steelers as Big Ben has been pretty banged up, Ryan Clark is not going due to a health issue and Mendenhall is out for the playoffs.  The Steelers will only need their defense to show up for this game and hopefully get a couple of touchdowns, which should be enough.  The nine points they are favored by are  a bit much in my opinion as Denver has a solid defense and the Steelers are not playing well offensively as of late.  I still like the Steelers to move on, which is definitely the worse option for the Patriots, but as banged up as the Steelers are I feel the Patriots should not be that worried.

Bengals and Texans Wildcard Reaction

The final score of 31-10 does not do this game justice as it should have been closer than this.  The Texans manhandled the Bengals thanks to numerous mistakes made by the Andy Dalton and Chris (Betty) Crocker yesterday.  Dalton looked like a deer in headlights for most of the day as there were many better options that seemed to be open, but he decided to hone in on AJ Green who couldn't shake Jonathan Joseph for the better part of the day.  Offensively, they were not able to handle Wade Phillips' defensive looks as it didn't matter who you were on the defensive line, you were somehow going to get a sack against this porous Bengal offensive line.  Dalton and Green had decent rookie years and they made the playoffs so it is a good building block, but this could be a team that takes a step back in my opinion next year.

Dalton looked every
bit a rookie in his
first playoff game!

Defensively for the Bengals, Mr. Crocker had as bad a day as possible, which reminded me of Roman Harper in the playoffs last year versus Seattle.  I am not sure what Taylor Mays can bring to the table, but it couldn't be worse than what Mr. Crocker gave us.  This guy made sure to make a mistake on every big play of the game it seemed.  In what were the two biggest plays in my eyes, Dalton and Crocker were at the center of them.  Dalton's pick six at the end of the first half was the game changer, which I partly blame on the coaching staff.  You are tied with a minute left at the end of the first half and you have a rookie quarterback against a very good defense.  That is a win in my opinion, take it to the half and be happy, no need to put undue pressure on the guy, but this is what makes the Bengals, the Bengals.  The second biggest play is Mr. Crocker making a great read on the ball and then proceeding to make the worst play as he drops it right in his hands.  Houston goes on to score and that is the ball game, thanks and a have a nice ride home.  Taylor Mays should be happy at the least as his job security just went through the roof.

Wild Card Weekend Predictions

The time has come for the playoffs and time to predict what will happen on this opening weekend of the NFL tournament. The first thing I will predict is that there will be an exciting game, a pretty good game and 2 fairly boring games. Here is a hint both AFC games are the boring ones. As much as people want to talk about Tebow Time, even when he pulled a rabbit out of the hat, the games were pretty unwatchable for about three and a half quarters. Let us move on to tomorrow's games.

The first game of the day has the Bengals traveling to Houston, where for the first time in the history of the league there will be two rookie quarterbacks battling against each other. This is the toughest game in my opinion to pick a winner as they are very evenly matched teams. Houston is playing some great defense right now, but the way they have been playing offense as of late could make it very difficult to advance in the playoffs. Cincinnati has a good defense as well but I think the Texans open up the play book tomorrow as I am pretty sure Gary Kubiak realizes if he wants to win, he needs to be able to pass the ball. This will open up the running game and Arian Foster will get 100 all purpose yards at the minimum. I like the Texans to win this game. Not sure about them being favored by 4 points as I would usually stay away from this game from a gambling perspective.

Tomorrow night is the game that I really want to see as another first will happen with two 5,000 yard passers will be playing against each other. Quite the opposite of the early game tomorrow. Matt Stafford, who threw for 41 touchdowns on top of 5,000 yards was rarely talked about with all of the great seasons being had by quarterbacks this season. Most years, this would have been good enough to be an MVP candidate. Drew Bree's is having a great season as well as you have heard enough about. The Saints are pretty much unbeatable at home this season and I don't think it changes much tomorrow. Although I would love to see the Lions win this game I do not think it is in the cards for them. They are favored by ten and they will probably cover. I would rather do a three team tease with the Bengals, Saints and a team to include from Sunday's games, Most likely the Giants who are giving 3. The Steelers scare me because of their injuries and the luck that has fallen upon Tebow, who knows what will happen.

So let's hope that they are better games than I expect and hopefully we will see some fireworks from TJ Yates and company as there is no room for cowards anymore. There is no shame in losing, so go out swinging Mr. Kubiak.

I am at a Loss for Words!

I guess I will start the new year off on a good note by stating that I am happy that the Eagles brought Andy Reid back.  It was laughable that they would fire one of the five coaches in the league that should never be fired as they have proven themselves beyond a doubt already.  If Sanchez could have shown up for maybe a quarter and a half against the Giants, it would have been the Eagles playing this weekend when they were thought of as totally cooked about 6 weeks ago.  Enough of that, let us get on to the real issues.

One of my first ever blogs on this site just over a year ago was how could the Chargers be bringing back Norv Turner, if you want to read it here you go.

http://allthingspigskin.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-norv-turner-really-still-head-coach.html

It is almost as if the Chargers do not want to win.  How much talent can you have and constantly lose year in and year out and still keep your job.  If you like this guy so much, keep him as an offensive coordinator, he is good at that.  Just don't let him be the head coach.  The owner stated that Norv and AJ Smith give them the best chance to get back to the playoffs.  No, the fact that you have an incredibly talented team and that you play in the AFC West gives you the best chance to get back to the playoffs.  I could coach them back to the playoffs.  For the record, I don't like AJ Smith too much as a person, or at least what he seems like as I don't know him personally, but I think he is not the problem as he has drafted some good players and picked up decent free agents.  My dislike for him goes back to firing a 14-2 coach who lost his last playoff game on a terribly unfortunate play.  I don't want to waste too much time complaining about Turner as it seems to fall on deaf ears, but at the minimum it gives me an outlet to vent.  Thank you for listening!