Injury Report: Chargers @ Steelers

It's such a shame to see Travis Johnson and Antwan Applewhite not able to get on the field. These are role players that could've made a splash this season, as they were both due to get at least some time on the field, but instead are becoming an afterthought for the team.

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making progress

It’s great to see the list getting smaller. This bye week is probably at just the right time. I agree about Applewhite; I think he will make an impact if and when he gets back on the field.

As for the picture of Seau, as a big Washington Capitals fan, I watched the game last night. He was promoting his sports jobs show on Vs. In an interview with Junior at intermission, he was wearing a Caps polo shirt. He said it was for a segment about equipment managers, and doubted his New England fan base would hold it against him. “I’m a Bostonian all the way!” (I believe that is the exact quote).
Yes, he finished his career there, and they gave him a chance at a SB. For me, though, I don’t see a scenario where I ever break out my #55 Seau jersey and wear it with the pride I once did. I almost threw up a little bit when he said it.

by Hoot1969 on Oct 2, 2009 1:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sure we are making progress

But I’m fully expecting this injury list to get much longer after this (soon-to-be-hard-fought) game. Sigh. At least there’s the bye. And then, can the Broncos hit this year? They definitely didn’t do much last year.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Oct 2, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

downer

by Hoot1969 on Oct 2, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't he say he was retiring when we signed him

I don’t really think he’s Bostonian all the way. If so i know a lot of people who still think Junior is ok in San Diego that now probably hate him.

by Dude52089 on Oct 2, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

who is we?

He said it. To a National Audience, not to a Boston station.
I don’t understand your second sentence.

by Hoot1969 on Oct 2, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I went on two different tangents i think

The first statement (bold) was meant when he was “retiring” the first time before he went to New England. The second sentence is meant that if he truely is a Bostonian all the way then anyone who still holds him dear to the chargers probably hated that statement.

by Dude52089 on Oct 2, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey

go caps

DODGERS, RED SOX, YANKEES, BRONCOS, PATRIOTS and RAIDERS all suck. Especially the Dodgers.

by LJbumfool on Oct 2, 2009 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seau is to sd

What favre is to gb

A kid who has a unicorn ranch in his room cannot call other people weird. Yes, we know about "Rancho Unicorno."

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Oct 2, 2009 1:53 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 3 recs

yep

was a local icon, but had to ruin it.

by Hoot1969 on Oct 2, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I never really knew him

but it seems to me like he just loved football. And everything else, well he’s finding his way.

by not humble enough on Oct 2, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it used to be about loving SD

until it wasn’t. I saw his Oceanside HS team kick my alma mater, Carlsbad’s ass in football and basketball, as we were the same gaduating class. I rooted for him at USC, and when the Chargers grabber him with the 5th pick in the NFL draft, I was elated! He was one of the best Chargers defensive players ever. He retired, sorry, he “graduated” in a public ceremony that he richly deserved, from the only team he really had any impact with, the San Diego Chargers (after a brief stint with Miami).
Now, he’s “a Bostonian, all the way”? Well, I’m SD, and if he can throw his time in SD away (Where he Grew Up, I might add) then I have no use for him in my “Beloved Chargers Memory Bank”.

by Hoot1969 on Oct 2, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Consider my reservations at Seau's

CANCELLED!

by matthewverygood on Oct 2, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ohh Nooooo!

ESPN’S blatant Boston bias has wrapped its slimy fingers into Juniors mind!

Formerly, thats a no-go.

I apologize for my ignorant and blatant lack of refinement in terms of my cursage. I did not know much of this Tuel feller so I accidentally used another innocent mans picture. Believe me, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!

by CaDuck on Oct 2, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My old jersey was a navy-blue Seau...

which I started wearing after I outgrew my child-size LT. After hearing this I’m stashing it in the closet and opting for a classic (AFL-style) Weddle or Naanee.

"Everything I say, is calculated, appropriated, written and arranged in Feng Shui."

--Gnarls Barkley, "Feng Shui"

by StrangeBroP25 on Oct 2, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

is there a way

to anti-rec this statement? Couldn’t disagree more. Unless you mean a total sell-out who needs to be hated on at every opportunity then I say “favre doesn’t deserve that” and I still disagree. He was ok as a charger but opened us up to too many big plays by overpursuing like it was going out of style.

yeah, i got opinions.

Bring back Balboa Stadium.

by calipatrick on Oct 2, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m still for Seau

Lived in San Deigo my whole life. The area has 10 times as many people now as when I was a boy. In my family we had a saying that if you lived in San Deigo more than 4 years we considered you a local. Four years was the typical station cycle for the Navy. The point is in San Deigo we are quick to adopt new people into our community, we have to they are coming either way.

Seau had to leave town to play football. Boston takes him in. He had his greatest team success there. He’s still lobbing for work in Boston. He’s at a hockey game in Boston. What in the heck else do you expect him to say?

In my book Seau can be from two places. Just like most San Diegans are from two places. I have no problem with his comment.

by Trendsearcher on Oct 3, 2009 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the good years seau

But i dont like you at all and youre no San Diegan.

This blog has devolved into UT like, uncerebral blabber

by soulSD on Oct 3, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Greatest team success?

A Super Bowl loss with the Chargers, and a Super Bowl loss with the Pats. It all comes out in the wash.

"Everything I say, is calculated, appropriated, written and arranged in Feng Shui."

--Gnarls Barkley, "Feng Shui"

by StrangeBroP25 on Oct 4, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

By the way...

Does anybody know what actually happened or how the injuries to Johnson and Applewhite occured?

Formerly, thats a no-go.

by CaDuck on Oct 2, 2009 4:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dunno about Applewhite

but Johnson is made of glass. Always has been. That’s one of the reasons Houston gave him to use for essentially nothing.

Greg Maddux for manager.

by Zach (maestro876) on Oct 2, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

From what I have seen from him (very limited)

That seems to be the case. Seemingly everything injures him for an extended period of time

Formerly, thats a no-go.

by CaDuck on Oct 2, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Applewhite went down in the Oakland game.

Too bad too; he had an excellent preseason.

"Football is a physical sport, sometimes you have a disagreement on what's going on, and you have a discussion about it." Kris Dielman

by Brian (DaBolts) on Oct 2, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

let's do this

so john you gonna be at MJs sunday? can’t wait.

Here is the way I see the game unfolding, imho. Our o-line should be the key to the game. The steelers d is no joke even without polamalu. But we can’t run…at least right now. They are going to rush 3 and drop back 8 for a lot of the game. They are going to scheme to have it appear that’s not what their doing but that is exactly what’s going to happen. They are going to double team gates and jackson and make malcom floyd beat them. He becomes the key to the game. As number 80 goes, so goes the rest of the game.

Bring back Balboa Stadium.

by calipatrick on Oct 2, 2009 4:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, can't make it

between the late game and some stuff I need to wrap up (we just bought out first house), this week is no good. and Week 6 is a MNF game. Week 7 is looking like my best bet.

"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock

by John Gennaro on Oct 2, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs