- Ryan Mallet can't keep Brian Hoyer glued to the bench? the former is 27; we've seen enough. O'Brien looking like one of those egomaniac QB gurus who thinks he can turn anybody into a winner.

- now that the reign of terror in Miami is over with, is anybody doing less with enough than Joe Lombardi? Detroit should not have the 26th ranked offense and 31st in scoring. Nick Saban said you adapt your players to your scheme on defense, and adapt your scheme to your players on offense. Lombardi dinking and dunking like he still has an accurate Drew Brees behind center.

- Philip Rivers leads the NFL in passing yards and is completing 70.7 percent (!) of his throws. I never liked him and he's still missing postseason success, but he's only 33 and has a real chance to move past his contemporaries in NFL history over the next half decade.

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