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trying really hard to keep things interesting.  So with that said, a division championship will net us a Wild Card
still isn't out of the question, since the AFC West looks like the National League West of the NFL, and Denver is
especially not likely when you consider the Chargers' latest move in firing Defensive Coordinator Ted Cottrell.  

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They say a little bit of change will do you good.  I don't always agree with
that way of thinking.  Heading into the bye week, we are an extremely
disappointing 3-5, and as mentioned in my last blog, have very little
chance now of making the playoffs.  I think it's safe to say that the division

 

 

Associated Press
As far as running backs go, San Diego Chargers
But the Miami Dolphins have proven that Ronnie
Brown gives them some options from the
backfield as well.
With Tomlinson appearing healthier, the Chargers on Sunday will look to snap a six-game losing streak against an
upstart Dolphins team that used Brown and some unorthodox offensive formations to earn their biggest win in
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10/06/08
Associated Press
MIAMI (AP)—The Miami Dolphins are winning the old-
fashioned way. The single wing helped build a lead, and a
goal-line stand preserved it.

Ronnie Brown scored the decisive touchdown from the
formation the Dolphins revived two weeks ago, their
smothering defense rose to the occasion at the 1-yard line in
the fourth quarter, and Miami pulled off its second successive upset by beating San Diego 17-10 Sunday.

The single wing was less explosive than in the Dolphins’ win at New England, but running back Brown took a
direct snap 11 times on running plays that netted 49 yards and Miami’s second touchdown.

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10/06/08
Inside Slant
It’s got to stop—the slow starts, the inconsistent play, the
losing to teams the Chargers should beat.

So says Pro Bowl running back LaDainian Tomlinson in the
aftermath of Sunday’s disappointing defeat to the Dolphins.
“I didn’t get much sleep (Sunday) night,” Tomlinson said. “That
is typical about this point of the season, especially after a loss
like that.”
The Chargers, a trendy pick to be a Super Bowl participant, are trying to get to .500. Instead of building on an AFC
West road win the previous week in Oakland, the Chargers were flat and out of synch in a road loss at Miami.

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Right now you might be questioning a few things as a Charger
fan after the Miami loss and this "as usual" bizarre start to our
season, I know I am.  

The one big question I have is "why is everyone in San Diego a
coach?” Whether it's on the radio, a sports site or recapping
the game with some friends, we all seem to have similar
insights. Most of us talk big but have never even come close to
playing ball at this level and yet we still see the issues plain as
day.

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10/07/08
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twist. It is a winner take all, Best Burger wins challenge. The only
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10/09/08
SAN DIEGO (AP)—LaDainian Tomlinson is weary, sore and
doesn’t seem to have any answers.

Fans of the San Diego Chargers seem pretty beat up, too,
although they’ve got some really strong opinions about what’s
wrong with their team.

Five games into what is supposed to be a Super Bowl
seasonthe Bolts are bewildering. They’re 2-3 and need to win
Sunday night against their most recent nemesis, the New
England Patriots, to avoid being in a real mess.
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10/09/08
Associated Press
With their franchise quarterback out for the
season, the New England Patriots have
patched together a successful start to
2008. The San Diego Chargers have no
such excuse, yet they own a losing record.
To avoid falling into a deeper hole, the Chargers must try to beat a Patriots team looking for its second straight
win in California when these traditional AFC powers meet on Sunday night.

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SAN DIEGO -- Chargers wide receiver Chris Chambers was
listed as doubtful because of a sprained left ankle and may
Chambers sprained his ankle during last Sunday's loss to the
Miami Dolphins and didn't practice this week. He was unsure if
he would test the ankle during warmups on Sunday.

However, he wasn't ready to say he'd miss the game.

"Actually, I'm still just taking it one day at a time," Chambers
said. "I feel better than I did yesterday."

Outside linebacker Jyles Tucker also was listed as doubtful and said he would test his injured hamstring before
Sunday's game.
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Associated Press
SAN DIEGO -- Finally solving their Patriots problem may very well
have saved the season for Philip Rivers and the San Diego
Chargers.

Rivers threw three touchdown passes and San Diego's defense
stuffed quarterback Matt Cassel on fourth-and-goal from the
1-yard line to highlight a 30-10 win over New England on Sunday night.

Rivers and the rest of the Chargers (3-3) know that beating the Patriots doesn't make up for the loss that kept
them out of the Super Bowl or that mind-numbing home playoff defeat two seasons ago.

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10/14/08
Inside Slant
the Chargers’ 30-10 triumph over the New England Patriots on
Sunday night—it meant more than a usual victory.

“It’s only one game, but maybe it will kick-start us into a hot
streak,” quarterback Philip Rivers said.
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP)—The afterglow of a big prime-time win over
the New England Patriots didn’t last very long for the San
Diego Chargers.
That’s the way it had to be, or the Chargers might find themselves in the same funk they were in before routing
their nemesis 30-10 on Sunday night.

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“It was a good win,” quarterback Philip Rivers said Monday. “And then the dust settles and then we come in here
today and we are 3-3. That’s still where we are. We’ve got a long way to go.”

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Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Chris Mims, a former defensive lineman for
the San Diego Chargers beset by legal problems, was found
dead in his downtown apartment Wednesday. He was 38.

Authorities said there was no evidence of foul play.

Mims was discovered shortly before 9:30 a.m. by police officers
not yet been notified.

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Mitchell so out of sorts that he tripped over himself and fell
while dropping back to cover a pass.

That was the first quarter. By the fourth, the Buffalo Bills
linebacker had picked himself up to provide all the spark his
team needed, helping secure a 23-14 win over the San Diego
Chargers on Sunday.
Mitchell had a key interception and also forced a fumble in the final 4 minutes to lift an injury-depleted defense,
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10/20/08
Associated Press
BAGSHOT, England (AP)—The change of setting to the rural
outskirts of London hasn’t exactly eased the sting of a
disappointing loss for San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip
Rivers.

The Chargers arrived in England on Monday morning after a
long flight from Buffalo, where Rivers fumbled twice and threw
an interception in a 23-14 loss to the Bills.
“The taste of that loss isn’t gone by any means,” Rivers said Monday at the team’s base, a five-star hotel with a
nearby practice field lined with trees. “It was a big game that we lost yesterday, and we know that, but we’re
going to have to rebound.”

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Associated Press
LONDON (AP)—As the Chargers prepare to face Drew Brees
for the first time since he left San Diego for the New Orleans
Saints, one player in particular is looking forward to seeing his
former teammate on the opposite side of the field.

Chargers linebacker Shaun Phillips, who played with Brees at
Purdue and again in San Diego, has a special greeting in
mind for the Saints quarterback when the two teams play the
second regular-season NFL game in London on Sunday.

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10/22/08
Associated Press
BAGSHOT, England (AP)—The San Diego Chargers began
their comeback after a poor start to the season with a win over
the Jets. Now they’ll have to beat jet lag to get back to .500.

The Chargers (3-4) arrived in London on Monday to prepare for
this weekend’s regular-season game against the New Orleans Saints at Wembley Stadium. They had their first
“A couple guys struggled getting to sleep last night,” wide receiver Vincent Jackson said at the team’s training
base in rural England. “Hopefully tonight we’ll be able to get to bed about the right time and get up tomorrow
feeling a little better.”

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10/25/08
Associated Press
The New Orleans Saints and San Diego
Chargers each had high expectations
heading into this season, but both teams are
playing sub-.500 football.
The Saints may have a tougher time getting their season on track, though, as star running back Reggie Bush is
injured and they're losing a home date on their schedule to serve as the designated hosts in Sunday's matchup
against the Chargers in London.

New Orleans and San Diego both look to bounce back from discouraging losses and avoid the distractions of
playing overseas when they meet at Wembley Stadium.

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10/26/08
Associated Press
WEMBLEY, England (AP)—After last year’s low-scoring
mudfest, the NFL was hoping for some offensive fireworks this
time at Wembley Stadium.

New Orleans and San Diego delivered.

Drew Brees went 30-for-41 for 339 yards and three touchdown
passes against his former team to lead the Saints to a 37-32
10/27/08
Inside Slant
The Chargers went far to be so close.

Close to winning two games—instead of none—on their
11,000-mile jaunt in the name of the NFL.

Now licking their road wounds after losses to the Saints and
Bills, they head into their bye week and are glad to be home.
And in the AFC West.
By residing in one of the NFL’s most tepid division, the 3-5 Chargers’ season isn’t the wreck it could be. San
Diego could pull within one game of the lead if Denver loses while the Chargers rest on Sunday.

But that is also taking the most optimistic of views about a fading team. The truth is the Chargers’ season isn’t
going to get better until the pass defense—ranked last in the NFL—improves.

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10/28/08
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP)—Without a sack or interception in the last
nine quarters, the San Diego Chargers on Tuesday fired
defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell and replaced him with
inside linebackers coach Ron Rivera.

Cottrell had become a popular target of fan ire as the Chargers
(3-5) lost three of their last four games, including a 37-32 loss
to former teammate Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints
in London on Sunday.
Coach Norv Turner decided after the game that Cottrell had to go, and informed him on Monday morning.

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10/28/08
Associated Press
San Diego Chargers’ hardest hit in weeks when he fired
defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell on Tuesday.

Cottrell was sacked by the head coach in large part because
his defense couldn’t get to opposing quarterbacks, the most
glaring shortcoming for a unit that has had little spark since
losing star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman to season-
ending knee surgery after the first game.
1985. Rivera will have the bye week to figure out why the Chargers (3-5) have underperformed.

“Probably the things that we have needed to improve in are the same things that affected us in Week Two and so
on,” Turner said. “The same things have been an issue throughout the first eight games, at different times.”

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10/29/08
FoxSports.com
As San Diego routed New England earlier this month, the
Patriots were clearly more affected by Tom Brady's absence
than a Chargers squad playing without Shawne Merriman.
No offense to Tom Terrific, the decade's top quarterback and reigning NFL Most Valuable Player. New England's
odds of reaching a second consecutive Super Bowl plummeted when Brady went down with a mangled knee in
But when identifying the sidelined star whose injury has hurt his team most through the first half of the season,
Merriman best fits the bill.

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10/31/08
Inside Slant
Desperate teams do desperate things, so color the Chargers
desperate.

Shocked about reaching the bye week at 3-5, the Chargers
booted defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell. Many considered
Cottrell’s job safe, as he was hired by general manager A.J.
Smith. But Cottrell got the boot, his old job going to linebackers
coach Ron Rivera.
If only it was as simple as that. The Chargers fired Cottrell because the defense was bad overall and the pass
So Cottrell and his read-and-react defense was deemed expendable.

the defense’s starting 11.

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