Trying to evaluate just what the San Diego Chargers need with the offseason is a difficult task. Do you evaluate them as a 13-3 juggernaut that tripped itself up in a less than ideal situation? A few limited tweaks would then be all that is necessary.
Or do you look to the team as a bit of an overachiever? A 10 win team that found a way to win a few extra times? This approach obviously warrants a much deeper consideration, and a few broader changes.
The answer lies somewhere in between. Both looks share the common thread of a change to the running game. That one is the team’s first priority with Tomlinson’s slim chance of a return growing even slimmer.
Past that, it becomes a difficult order of [...]
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December 21, 2009 by
Lars Hanson |
A.J. Smith,
Bill Polian,
Chargers,
Colts,
Eagles,
Floyd Reese,
Jim MOra Jr,
Jimmy Raye,
Kevin Colbert,
Mike Holmgren,
Pete Ward,
Randy Mueller,
Ruston Webster,
Seahawks,
Steelers,
Tom Heckert
This is the first article in a five part series breaking down the rebuilding process for the Seattle Seahawks organization this off season. Starting with the front office and finding their GM to build the framework for a Super Bowl team. Second will be the coaching staff and who the possible GM's would hire. Third will be breaking down the current roster and who is staying and who is going. Fourth will be how the Seahawks should attack free agency and who they should sign realistically. Fifth will be the NFL and who they should take with their first four picks. Then there will be a concluding article summing up what the Seahawks roster [...]
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For some, the bile, the discontent, and the disappointment take a little longer to fade away.
Others are luckier, their calm spurred on by that unknowable future.
The gamut of emotions is usually the same, commonly ending with a chuckle, a shrug, and a somewhat renewed desire to park in front of the television set the following weekend (or in this case, two weekends from now).
Today, however, San Diego Chargers fans should be warned against their complacency and feverish optimism, and talked down from their high horse, as the ugly truth rears its head once more.
Right now, this is not a Super Bowl caliber team.
This is not a team worthy of being included in that discussion.
Quite frankly, it hasn't been for a while. Multiple seasons, in fact.
Whether it's injuries, [...]
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A near-complete domination of the AFC West, as well as a 54-26 regular season record over the past five years, hasn't been enough for A.J. Smith or his team-the San Diego Chargers-to be exactly where he would want them.
The Super Bowl.
Despite San Diego's loaded roster that boasts future Hall of Famers (RB LaDainian Tomlinson), a franchise quarterback (Philip Rivers), a former Defensive Player of the Year (LB Shawne Merriman), and a myriad of All-Pros, their success has been limited to a few playoff wins and lording over a consistently weak division.
Until now?
A.J. Smith isn't sure.
In fact, a cursory glance over a few of his comments regarding Kansas City and Denver's shift in philosophy over the off-season would seem to indicate the hard-nosed Smith is, well-quivering in [...]
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