Chargers nose tackle Antonio Garay will co-host with myself this Saturday. For those of you that enjoyed High Boltage radio during the 2011 season with myself and our fearless leader John Gennero, this is the same 10am - noon time slot.

While John enjoys sleeping in on Saturday mornings, I am still slaving over a hot microphone. During the time between Chargers and Padres seasons the show has a general sports feel with an emphasis on Southern California teams. Discussions revolve around the Chargers, Padres, Aztecs, Clippers, Lakers, and hot topics.

For those of you that will be awake tomorrow morning, you are invited to listen to the show. You are also welcome to call in 619-570-1360. Will we talk Chargers? Hell yes! We will talk a lot about football in general, topics for the show include:

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No. At least, not yet. Now before we talk about why Jammer should stay at cornerback despite his worst year in recent memory, know that he was actually a safety at Texas. Although defensivebacks in general switch between corner and safety spots between college and the NFL level, Jammer struggled to thoroughly learn the cornerback position early on before finally in 2007 showing signs of becoming a top corner. But has he peaked? Is he on the decline? After a terrible 2011 season, it seems like Jammer has lost his ability to cover. Let's analyze a few aspects of his game, and also the team to determine if Quentin Jammer has what it takes to continue as a cornerback for the San Diego Chargers, of if he should be moved to safety. First, look at some simple numbers over his last few years courtesy of ProFootballFocus:

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Ok, so my last attempt at this didn't work out quite the way I had hoped. But that's ok, you guys are patient right? RIGHT?!?

Anyway, what I've decided to do is reboot the series and take a slightly different path. I'll still be going through the best and worst of various games of different periods as described last week, but rather than me just declaring one game or another the winner, I'll ay out the candidates, and then you readers will get to vote! This way, we'll have real live clashes of will for what the best and worst moments of recent Chargers history have been.

I'm going to go to a slightly different place this week, and wait a bit to re-do last week's look at bad pass defense. This time, we'll go the opposite direction and look at the best rushing offense performances by the Chargers. I'm going to divide this one into three different periods: LT as the featured back under Marty, LT as the featured back under Norv, and Mathews as the featured back under Norv. Don't like my divisions? Too bad, it's my series. We'll kick it off with the most recent period, Mathews as the featured back under Norv.

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Hires: What's left? - Bill Williamson
San Diego: The Chargers have the least work to do. They need to hire a linebackers coach to replace John Pagano, who was promoted to defensive coordinator earlier this month.

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Everything you could want to know about the upcoming Super Bowl.

Senior Bowl offers parallels to training camp - Christopher Smith
The Senior Bowl is the biggest fact-gathering event between the end of the college football bowl season and the NFL Combine. History says at least one or two future Chargers are practicing at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile this week.

Chargers Eye Harrison Smith and Shea McClellin at Senior Bowl Practice - Ernie Padaon
We have a couple of posts about the Chargers meeting up with Ryan Lindley and Courtney Upshaw. Here are a few more players that the Chargers met with after Wednesday’s Senior Bowl practice (Draft Countdown):

Kroenke's Bid For Dodgers Implies Rams Are Headed To L.A. - Forbes
Even if Kroenke doen’t get the Dodgers, the fact that he is bidding for the team implies the Rams are bolting for L.A.

What’s This "Status Quo" Chargers Movie Mash-up All About? | LobShots
So, the "movie". I don’t get it? I get they’re trying to be funny… an end of the world movie mashed-up with Chargers clips of back-to-back non playoff years. I get the part about Spanos settling for mediocrity by keeping Norv and AJ and blah, blah, blah. I don’t get the purpose of it though? Why is it on a local news station? Who made it? Did Fox5 actually make it? What’s the endgame here?

NFL.com has posted a video of Philip Rivers with him mic'd up for sound. Unfortunately, since their website doesn't allow you to embed videos elsewhere you'll have to click on this link their page.

It's got some incredible footage of him introducing himself to other players, doing some light running, throwing footballs and chatting (surprise! surprise!) with different players. He talks with Kubiak about how Norv is a big numbers guy when it comes to play names. Ben Roethlisberger is interested in how many kids Phil has. Rivers tells Big Ben and Andy Dalton that this year they brought all six kids to Hawaii. He also tells Dalton what his least favorite throw in football is. He also seems very excited about this "Pat n' Go" drill. Later, he has tell to Mike Wallace to take it down a notch since his speed takes him farther than Rivers can throw. He also gives Brandon Marshall the skinny that Vincent Jackson only practices on full speed (in case you missed him, that's VJ running the reverse and whizzing by the camera). Antonio Gates looks sweaty as practice concludes. Ryan Mathews makes a few appearances as well.

This is Philip Rivers' 4th time being selected for the Pro Bowl and his 3rd consecutive election. His selection seemed a bit dubious at first given some of his struggles this season. However, given the crop of AFC QBs, especially Tom Brady ineligible due to his Super Bowl preparation, Rivers seems as good of a selection as any.

Philip Rivers

#17 / Quarterback / San Diego Chargers

Height: 6-5

Weight: 228

Born: Dec 08, 1981

College: North Carolina State

Ever since Shawne Merriman's career went downhill the Chargers defense has been missing one key ingredient: A consistent pass rush. Shaun Phillips, when healthy, can provide some of that and Antwan Barnes can, in spurts, provide some as well. Both have contracts that expire after next season. The Chargers need to figure out an answer to this problem both for next year and in the long term. One way to answer that may be to bring in a proven pass rusher through free agency. Here is a listing of the top options with a brief scouting report and some pros and cons. Read up and then tell us which one you like.

Mario Williams

#90 / Linebacker / Houston Texans

Height: 6-6

Weight: 295

Born: Jan 31, 1985

College: North Carolina State

The surprise #1 overall pick in the 2006 draft. He had double digit sack seasons in 2007 and 2008, and was on pace for another (5 sacks in 5 games) in 2011 before tearing a pectoral muscle. He's an excellent athlete with speed and length. Most of his NFL experience was as a 4-3 DE, but he moved to the 3-4 OLB last year under ex-Chargers DC Wade Phillips. He turns 27 on January 31, which is pretty young for an NFL free agent. Full recovery from the muscle tear should not be a problem. The Texans will consider using the franchise tag on him, but that's a lot of money (and cap space) to commit to him and the team did pretty well down the stretch without him. He won't come cheap, so signing him may cost the Chargers the cap space it would need to keep other players (like Vincent Jackson, Nick Hardwick, Jacob Hester, etc.).

Cliff Avril

#92 / Defensive- End / Detroit Lions

Height: 6-3

Weight: 260

Born: Apr 08, 1986

College: Purdue

The four year NFL vet picked up his first double digit sack season last year helping the Lions to their first playoff berth since the 90s. He's seen his sack totals increase each year of his career and last year set a career high in forced fumbles. He'll be 26 next season making him, like Mario Williams, a pretty young free agent. He has no experience in the 3-4, but his size and athleticism would indicate that the transition wouldn't be too difficult. As a 4-3 DE, he's a bit undersized and in turn has learned to use leverage against bigger blockers. In the 3-4, his size is similar to other OLBs, but that skill would still come in handy. The Lions will be aggressive in trying to retain him, but a big offer could have him San Diego bound. Again, that complicates the Chargers payroll and could mean cuts elsewhere.

Check out the other 3 options after the jump.

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We are now under a month away from the NFL Combine and less than two months away from the start of free agency in this NFL offseason.

This weekend there will be two games to keep your eyes on and next weekend we'll all sit down to watch the year's best commercials interrupted by some football.

What about after that? Well, we have you covered with a list of all of the dates (approximate dates for those that haven't been announced specifically yet) that you'll need to know as we count down to September 6th (the start of the 2012 NFL season) after the jump.

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How many of you have taken a look through the BFTB Apparel store recently? Go ahead, raise your hands. "One, two, three, four" ... wait, why am I counting? The store tells me how many of you have visited.

Anyway, since launching the store last week and putting out a call for ideas, we've loaded a few new items to the store in the last few days:

• We now have apparel sporting Bolts From The Blue's masterfully-crafted logos, thanks to QuesaDiaz. When looking at the logo apparel, be sure to check the front and back of all items as there are items on both sides.
• We have workout gear (running gear) emblazoned with "RUN MOAR" thanks to aesimpleton's suggestion. There are plans to expand the line and have a whole slew of running and workout gear with the RUN MOAR tagline. Our fearless leader plans to represent Bolts from the Blue with the RUN MOAR apparel in the Chargers 5K this summer - no doubt in an effort to burn all the calories he'll consume once he eats his hat - you should join him.
• We have a "Faith and Arrogance shirt", as well as a customizable "AJ's Ego" shirt where you can type up your own tag-lines and have it made. There's other stuff, but you'll have to go look for yourself.
• The shop is up to 11 distinct items for your perusal; with plenty more on the way. I'm still awaiting approval for some of the graphics I uploaded to the store. Expect more BFTB Logo apparel to show up once those graphics are approved.

In the previous thread, we were overwhelmed with your suggestions and ideas. You guys really are creative and I got a kick out of your suggestions. Just because you may not see your idea in the shop doesn't mean I didn't like it, I may not have had a chance to add it to the store yet, or figure out the best way to implement your idea.

That said, we're still open to suggestions or ideas. If you have an idea, throw it up in the comments below or post it to Twitter (making sure to address it to @BFTB_Chargers). If we like your idea, of course, you'll still get a commission. One thing I should point out though: something as simple as "you should put the logo on a polo shirt" won't warrant a commission. While we appreciate the suggestion, if a phrase/graphic/logo is already in the shop, then it's no longer subject to commission. We're looking for your original creative ideas.

So go ahead, take a look around at what we've added. I've also added a sidebar widget with a link to the store, now you'll always be able to get to it. It's kind of hard to miss since it's just a solid yellow "Faith and Arrogance" shirt. Keep sending us your ideas and you may end up with some cold hard cash.

Also, you can get free shipping on any order over $50, just use coupon code SHIPFREEUS at checkout.