What role will the Chargers play in the run up to the playoffs?

Spoiler, hunter or contender? My #GMCPlaybook question for @SBNation: what role will your team play? http://t.co/jBTDuZIm7O

— Marshall Faulk (@marshallfaulk) November 4, 2014

Usually, I think these questions from Marshall Faulk are too easy. This week, I think he's given me a question that's almost impossible to answer.

Could the San Diego Chargers win-out and find themselves a contender to get into the playoffs? Yes.

Could they miss the playoffs while still beating a playoff contender or two along the way? Absolutely.

I think this is the time of year and the type of situation where a head coach is really tested. The best ones can turn their team around and push them towards a playoff runs. The worst ones will see their team collapse.

Mike McCoy isn't perfect, but I think he does a heck of a job as a head coach. If I'm betting on anything, I'm betting on him figuring it out and finding a way back into the playoffs like he did last season. I vote contender.

What do you think?

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