Vic: Actually, they would have four (Peterson, Williams, Hutchinson, Allen) in the top 10 and, if I were them, I might very well trade all four for Brady. That’s how important the quarterback position is.

Vic: The way this column works is that I pick the questions I want to answer and then I answer them. I select questions I believe reflect the current mood and issues that might interest or entertain the largest body of readers of this column. I select questions for a lot of reasons: some to provide information, others to offer entertainment, etc. I’ve selected your question so that I might explain the process. I genuinely attempt to do the best I can. In my opinion, serious questions about the upcoming season have largely been exhausted. This is a time of year that, in my opinion, requires a lighter mood. I have several vacation days remaining. You just convinced me that I need to use them.

Vic: If you’re talking about them being on the same side of the field, I can tell you that one of the reasons the split end has moved back is because, depending on who’s on the outside and who’s in the slot, one of the two would be “covered” by the other and would then become an ineligible receiver if one didn’t move back. Maybe the offense is attempting to create a motion situation or defeat a jam. It’s all tactical, but one of them has to move back if he wants to remain eligible to catch a pass.

Vic: I don’t see a wide receiver worthy of the top 10.

Vic: It starts with winning division games and three of the first four games on the schedule are against AFC South opponents. I don’t think you have to look any farther ahead than those four games.

Vic: I’d refer to him as a wing back, but I’m from that era and it’s long past. Most people would refer to him as an H-back or just continue to refer to him as the tight end. Call him anything you’d like but, yes, he would have to take a step back if he wants to remain an eligible receiver, otherwise, he would be covered by the split end on the same side of the field. Why would a team get into this formation? Most likely to send the tight end in motion or to use him in some kind of blocking capacity. This is a formation you might use down on the goal line, when you bring the tight end in motion and then lead him up into the hole for the ball-carrier. It’s a power-blocking set.

Vic: He makes the blocking calls.

Vic: Johnny Unitas’ 47 consecutive games having thrown a touchdown pass is, in my opinion, the equivalent of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. No one has even come close; Brett Favre has 36 straight and Dan Marino has 30. It’s hard to believe that after all the rules changes that have made passing the football easier than ever before, the record for most consecutive games having thrown a touchdown pass is held by a player who accomplished the feat from 1956-60. Unitas is still the greatest.

Vic: I would be very proud to be a Parkersburg native.

Vic: I considered Westbrook. I think he’s a fantastic player. Cromartie is someone I loved coming out of college. I thought there was a chance that his knee could make him fall to the Jaguars. They are worthy top 10 candidates.

Vic: You’re making this too difficult. It’s as simple as this: If you want the two players on the line of scrimmage who are at the ends of your line to be eligible pass receivers, then all other eligible pass receivers must be lined up off the line of scrimmage. There can only be two ends. Think of it like that.

Vic: The NFL would’ve eventually won the “war” and the AFL would’ve folded. The NFL would’ve then either expanded or just taken in some of the cities that had AFL teams. Both leagues were feeling the financial pinch of the “war” but the NFL’s financial resources were a little stronger and would’ve probably allowed the NFL to hold out longer. I think the game would be largely as it is today, but it would’ve evolved much slower. For example, the names on the backs of the uniforms was an AFL thing. How quickly would the NFL have adopted that fashion had there not been a merger? That’s minor stuff, of course. The main function of the merger is that it saved both sides a lot of money and rocketed football into popularity. The big thing is we wouldn’t have the Super Bowl. It would still be the NFL championship and it would likely be played on the field of one of the two participating teams which, in my opinion, would’ve kept the game from achieving the fame it has as the Super Bowl. Oh, one other thing: There would be no Oakland Raiders or New York Jets, as the 49ers and Giants would’ve never allowed that to happen.

Vic: No, I don’t, and here’s why: First of all, use of steroids back then was not prohibited, therefore, he was not cheating. As Bradshaw said, he was prescribed steroids to aid the healing process from soft tissue injuries. That’s why steroids were created; that was their intended function. It wasn’t until their intent was perverted that they became a problem. Bradshaw said he never used them for body-building and I believe him because his body showed none of the signs of use for that purpose. Bradshaw always had a thick body. Steroids make a guy look incredibly cut. He never had that look. I remember doing a story from that same period in time about a player praising a new miracle drug called steroids, which helped him recover from an injury that took much of the soft tissue from the back of his leg. His coach even talked openly about this new wonder drug called steroids. That was the kind of naiveté that existed back then about steroids.

Vic: Try it with a cold Iron.

Vic: Actually, you are the only one. I’m surprised, too.