The Dolphins are much more dangerous offensively with gunslinger Jay Cutler replacing game-manager Ryan Tannehill at quarterback especially with Adam Gase, who coached Cutler to his best season in Chicago, as head coach.

Cutler has an elite running back in Jay Ajayi and solid receivers with Jarvis Landry, DeVante Parker, Kenny Stills and Julius Thomas. The Dolphins catch a break, too, in that the Chargers will be without their top cornerback, injured Jason Verrett. Ajayi should be in line for a big game, too, as the Chargers' new 3-4 defense was torched for 140 yards on the ground by the Broncos' mediocre rush attack last week.

The teams met last season in Southern California and the Dolphins won, 31-24. Philip Rivers didn't have his best wide receiver, Keenan Allen, for that game. Allen is healthy now. Both teams are better offensively now than they were then, but the total is much lower than the 55 points they combined for last year.