Sunday Insider: Fourth-and-five

November 28, 2010 at 1:42PM

Three observations ...• Six teams have or will play their 800th regular-season games this season. Tennessee (once the Houston Oilers) joins Oakland (809) and New England (802) on Sunday. The Broncos (798), Vikings (797) and Bills (795) follow later this season.

• Houston's Andre Johnson needs four more catches to become the first receiver with at least 60 catches in his first eight seasons. He is currently tied with Keyshawn Johnson.

• Norv Turner needs one victory to become the sixth active coach with 100, including postseason. The top five: Bill Belichick (171), Mike Shanahan (159), Jeff Fisher (146), Tom Coughlin (137) and Andy Reid (125).

Two predictions ...• The Chargers will win at Indianapolis and legitimize Philip Rivers as the MVP front-runner.

• The Eagles will beat their NFC-high fifth team with a winning record when they visit Chicago on Sunday.

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Mark Craig

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Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).

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