Will Marty Schottenheimers playoff history haunt the San Diego Chargers?
Shula. Halas. Landry. Lambeau. Noll. The legends are the only NFL coaches with more wins than Schottenheimer, whose 200th regular-season victory Sunday locked up the No. 1 seed for the Chargers. But Schottenheimer, 5-12 in playoff games, has never taken a team to the Super Bowl. In addition to two heartbreaking losses to the John Elway-led Denver Broncos when he coached the Cleveland Browns, Schottenheimer lost playoff openers after his Kansas City Chiefs earned the No. 1 seed in 1995 and 1997. In 2004, when Schottenheimer guided the Chargers to a 12-4 record and division crown, they lost their playoff opener to the Jets. This time he has rushing leader LaDainian Tomlinson and a big-play defense. But of the last 12 teams to earn the No. 1 seed in the AFC, only three advanced to the Super Bowl. Q: Will pass defense do in the Dallas Cowboys? A: The Detroit Lions’ Jon Kitna fired four touchdown passes against them Sunday, just as the Atlanta Falcons’ Michael Vick did two weeks earlier. Th
