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Projected Record
8-8, 3rd Place AFC West

Projected Schedule W/L
@Oakland (L)
Tennessee (W)
@Baltimore (L)
Pittsburgh (W)
@San Francisco(W)
@Kansas City (L)
St. Louis (W)
Cleveland (W)
@Cincinnati (L)
@Denver (L)
Oakland (W)
@Buffalo (L)
Denver (L)
Kansas City (W)
@Seattle (L)
Arizona (W)

Marty Schottenheimer has been a head coach for 20 years. He has 186 wins, more than the likes of Bill Parcells, Bill Cowher and Mike Shanahan. He has taken 3 teams to the playoffs, Cleveland, Kansas City and San Diego. He has double-digit victories in 10 of his 20 seasons and has had a losing season only twice. As Marty heads into his 5th season, he is on the hot seat. He is coming off a disappointing 9-7 season and has watched his starting quarterback head to New Orleans. There are rumors of a bad relationship with Chargers GM A.J. Smith. The Chargers are expected to win, though they’ll turn the keys over to Philip Rivers, who has yet to start an NFL game. Marty probably deserves better. A brutal schedule that saw 5 trips to the East Coast last season ruined the Chargers last year. So did some bad losses, at home to the Dolphins, at Philly when a field goal was blocked, run back for a TD in the last 3 minutes. The head coach takes the hit for losses like that. The expectation is they make the playoffs and make a run. Marty had better start to sweat.

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