<table> </table> <hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> <strong><span class="subhead">3 bold predictions</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;Arizona QB <strong>Kurt Warner won&#8217;t retire until someone pulls the jersey off his back</strong>.</p><p>&#8226;Cincinnati coach <strong>Marvin Lewis will not be fired at the end of this season, no matter how bad it gets</strong>. He&#8217;s under contract through 2010, and owner Mike Brown isn&#8217;t going to eat two years of salary.</p><p>&#8226;Oakland&#8217;s strong-legged Shane Lechler will punt away from New Orleans&#8217; Reggie Bush, who returned two punts for TDs last Monday night against Minnesota. <strong>If Lechler lets Bush return a punt, Al Davis will cut him on the spot</strong>.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">3 who need big games</span></strong></p><p>&#8226;<strong>Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson. </strong>He played only a handful of snaps against New England in the AFC championship game after suffering a knee injury, and now, bothered by a sore toe, he&#8217;s averaging just 3.7 yards per carry with four TDs in San Diego&#8217;s 2-3 start.</p><p>&#8226;<strong>Baltimore K Matt Stover. </strong>The last of the original Ravens, he has made just four of seven field goal attempts and was booed when he came off the field after missing a 45-yarder in the Ravens&#8217; 13-10 loss to Tennessee.</p><p>&#8226;<strong>Chicago RT John St. Clair. </strong>He will have his hands full with Atlanta DE John Abraham, who has a league-leading seven of the Falcons&#8217; nine sacks.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">3 questions</span></strong></p><p><strong><span class="infobox-head">with Miami QB Chad Pennington </span></strong><br /> &#8226;<strong>What were your expectations when you arrived in Miami?</strong></p><p>&#8220;I had some experience with Bill Parcells. I knew what the system was about. I knew that it would be about hard work, it would be about discipline, it would be about attention to detail.&#8221;</p><p>&#8226;<strong>How would you describe the evolution of the &#8220;Wildcat&#8221; formation with the direct snap to the running back?</strong></p><p> &#8220;Any time you put in an awkward formation or an awkward offensive set, you never know how it&#8217;s going to work. Sometimes it just blows up in your face. Our running backs, what can you say? They&#8217;ve just done an excellent job of finding those creases and finding those holes.&#8221;</p><p><strong>&#8226;What does it mean to be called a &#8220;game manager?&#8221;</strong></p><p>&#8220;People use the term in a negative way &#8230; . Sometimes it&#8217;s just not sexy enough. But I know it wins games.&#8221; </p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Inside the NFC</span></strong></p><p>NFC South rivals Carolina and Tampa Bay have met 15 times since the Panthers came into existence in 1995, with eight games decided by no more than eight points. </p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Inside the AFC</span></strong></p><p>Ronnie Brown has rushed for five touchdowns and passed for another in back-to-back upsets of the Patriots and Chargers.</p><p></div>