May

8

Getting Back to Business with LT

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May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

LaDainian Tomlinson’s obvious absence during the offseason was likely a combination of his knee injury and some mental anguish over the end of last season.
Sports Illustrated caught up with the Pro Bowl RB in Los Angeles, where he was filming two spots for upcoming Chunky soup commercials to air during opening weekend.  Check out his interview […]

May

6

Mini Camp Musings

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May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

With the 2008 mini camp in the books, the general consensus among the Chargers was that it was a success.  The players enjoyed entertaining the fans, with Antonio Cromartie’s INT of Philip Rivers (keep it up Cro….especially against the Colts and Patriots later this season), Chris Chambers tackling of Cromartie, and Vincent Jackson’s long reception […]

May

2

Mini Camp and Post-Op Updates….

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May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment

Chargers mini-camp is May 3rd and 4th at Chargers Park, 4020 Murphy Canyon Rd., San Diego, CA…
For schedule and more information, click here.
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Philip Rivers is WAY ahead of schedule after his ACL reconstruction nearly 4 months ago.  He was very excited to take the field, don his helmet and jersey, and […]

Apr

27

Rounding out the Draft

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April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

5th round, 166th pick, Marcus Thomas, RB Texas-El Paso
6th round, 192nd pick, DeJuan Tribble, CB Boston College
7th round, 234th pick, Corey Clark, OT Texas-A&M
Read more here, at chargers.com.

Apr

27

Day 2 - Draft Update

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April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

Lo and behold, the Chargers did some fancy footwork, trading a 5th round pick in this year’s draft (#160) and a 2nd round pick in the 2009 draft to mortal enemy New England for the chance to select LSU RB Jacob Hester (a distant cousin of Terry Bradshaw, no less) with the 69th pick overall.
Hester is […]

Apr

27

Draft Day 1 Recap

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April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Well, the Chargers had a whopping one selection today, at the end of the first day of the 2008 NFL Draft; selecting University of Arizona CB Antoine Cason with their first pick, #27 overall.
Cason, 6′, 191 lbs, started 46 games during his college career.  He was named First Team All-Pac 10 twice and was the recipient of the […]

Apr

15

Ta Da….Announcing the 2008 Schedule

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April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment

Week 1 - 9/7 - Carolina
Week 2 - 9/14 - at Denver
Week 3 - 9/22 (MNF) - New York Jets
Week 4 - 9/28 - at Oakland
Week 5 - 10/5 - at Miami
Week 6 - 10/12 - New England (BIG Grudge Rematch & a SNF game to boot!!)
Week 7 - 10/19 - at Buffalo
Week 8 - […]

Apr

3

Early Schedule Information and Other Tasty Tidbits

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April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Chargers have announced their preseason schedule:
Home vs. Dallas Cowboys (Saturday, August 9th); at St. Louis Rams (August 15-17th, TBD); home vs. Seattle Seahawks  (Monday, August 25th); and at San Francisco 49ers (Friday, August 29th - my birthday!!)

Other News…
Restricted free agent (and roundoff-backflip king) LB Marques Harris and exclusive rights free agent CB Cletis Gordon have both signed 1-year […]

Feb

29

And Now a Word from the Waiver Wire

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February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Chargers waived Lorenzo Neal, Marlon McCree and Shane Olivea this week.  Everyone knew McCree was on the outs after Eric Weddle showed why San Diego used the 37th pick overall in the 2007 draft to get him.  Olivea lost his starting job to Jeromy Clary, and Neal will be entering his 15th season should […]

Nov

21

Week 12 Pregame - Baltimore (4-6) @ San Diego (5-5)

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November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

O.K.  Revenge time boys.  Last season, in the Chargers’ impressive 14-2 season, their only two losses were to Baltimore and Kansas City, with the Ravens upsetting the Bolts in the final 3 minutes of the their game, 16-13.
This season, neither team is performing as expected.  Two of the league’s best DSTs from last year are […]

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