The Los Angeles Chargers.

And the Minnesota Vikings.

They are in one group. And it’s not a good group.

The Jacksonville Jaguars.

And the New York Football Giants.

They are in another group. And it’s a very good group.

The teams in the first group – the Chargers and the Vikings – did not seize the moment in their wild-card round playoff games over the weekend. They played not to lose. They were passive.

The teams in the second group – the Jaguars and the Giants – seized the moment. They played to win. They were aggressive.

How many more times does this plan – or the lack thereof – have to be used before teams, especially their coaches, realize this?

And you thought that the 1986 Browns, who used a prevent defense on The Drive in losing a chance to win the AFC Championship Game and go to the Super Bowl, were the only ones to get bit by this.

While we’re on the subject of that long-ago game, did what the Jaguars, and quarterback Trevor Lawrence, do in erasing a 27-0 deficit late in the first half and rallying to beat the Chargers 31-30, remind you at all of what the Denver Broncos and quarterback John Elway did to the Browns 36 years ago? That was Elway’s coming-out party. Was what happened on Saturday night the coming-out party for Lawrence?

One more thought on an unrelated subject: head coach Kyle Shanahan used a third-string quarterback to help guide his red-hot San Francisco 49ers past the Seattle Seahawks 41-23 and into the NFC divisional playoffs. What if the former Browns offensive coordinator had been hired by the team to be its head coach back in the middle of the last decade? What would the Browns have done since then, and where would they be now?

Steve King