Serious Business: 8/22 San Diego Chargers Links

by Richard Wade on Aug 22, 2011 6:00 AM PDT in San Diego Chargers Daily Links

Early strikes help Chargers down 'Boys - Christopher Smith
First-half touchdowns by Randy McMichael and Ryan Mathews, along with three turnovers by the defense, helped San Diego to a win Sunday at Cowboys Stadium.

Chargers' Floyd exits with concussion - Terry McCormick
Malcom Floyd(notes), who was a top priority to re-sign for the San Diego Chargers in the off-season, left Sunday night's game against the Dallas Cowboys after suffering a concussion, according to the Chargers' Twitter feed.

Breaking down Chargers vs. Cowboys - Bill Williamson
Corey Liuget is going to make lot of plays. The No. 18 overall draft pick has been explosive and he has been beating his opponent routinely. Expect him to make his presence known as a starter at defensive end as a rookie.

Philip Rivers outduels Tony Romo as Charges halt Cowboys - ESPN.com
The first time Philip Rivers got the San Diego Chargers close to scoring Sunday night, he took a sack, then had a potential touchdown pass swatted by a backup safety. The next time, Rivers saw a blown coverage in the secondary and took advantage by throwing a 7-yard touchdown pass. Hey, working out the kinks is what the preseason is all about.

Mathews' TD run helps run game look good - Kevin Acee
The Chargers on Sunday night were headed into the valley of continued concern over their running game. But on this night, with time to get in the rhythm they covet, the Chargers’ first-team offense left the field at the end of the second half having averaged almost four yards a carry.

Chargers take away victory to end Dallas trip - Kevin Acee
Ryan Mathews scored on a brilliant 15-yard run through two would-be tacklers, and Vaughn Martin and Corey Liuget continued to tear up the summer. Some position battles intensified.

For the Chargers San Diego is Only Temporary - Scott Gulbransen
The Chargers are all but set to move to Los Angeles at the end of the 2011-12 NFL season.

Practice observations - Brandon George
Early in team drills, NT Josh Brent and DE Sean Lissemore both penetrated the line of scrimmage and clogged up the middle on Chargers running plays. Lissemore had two stops that would have gone for losses.

Readers debate a new stadium - Union-Tribune
As for me, I’m done paying extortion to a bunch of fat cats playing cities off against each other in a phony bidding war.

San Diego Chargers at Dallas Cowboys - Online Sportsbook
As arguably two of the most talented teams in the NFL, the San Diego Chargers and the Dallas Cowboys will have Super Bowl aspirations coming into the NFL regular season.

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a modest proposal

Let’s nix all news story stadium speculation until the season is over. Unless there is some interesting development. Most of these stories don’t include any new news, just some dude guessing how it’s going to end up. I end up reading most of them and then realizing they didn’t shed any new light on the subject.

by Stephen (shaynes41) on Aug 22, 2011 8:26 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs

We'll see.

Bolts from the Blue // "I eat cereal out of a giant novelty wine glass because it makes me feel fancy." - Britney Wade
Bloody Elbow // "I think we're poking fun at Leland's 'boner.'" - Michael Fagan

by Richard Wade on Aug 22, 2011 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Well can we at least not get links posted where the author is

the Director of Social Media & Digital Content at Applebee’s

by Natrone Bomb on Aug 22, 2011 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

No offense to Scott Gulbransen

by Natrone Bomb on Aug 22, 2011 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Okay.

Bolts from the Blue // "I eat cereal out of a giant novelty wine glass because it makes me feel fancy." - Britney Wade
Bloody Elbow // "I think we're poking fun at Leland's 'boner.'" - Michael Fagan

by Richard Wade on Aug 22, 2011 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions

On a side note

The 9ers Raiders game ended up with two seriously wounded and one just grazed by a bullet.

6/10/2010 - Tra Thomas signs with the Chargers
8/21/2010 - Tra Thomas retires.

That was fast.

by SD FTW on Aug 22, 2011 9:27 AM PDT reply actions

Scott Gulbransen is articulate

and a pretty good parrot. He can clearly and understandably repeat what he hears others say. Why does that give him a pulpit to preach from? Let’s at least require somebody to have a new take before we hand them a microphone, er, post a link to their blog.

As an aside, am I the only person who thinks that the Chargers will play in SD in 2012, and probably 2013, regardless? The LA mega-complex won’t be finished for years; why would the Chargers play in LA before it’s ready to be occupied? Where will they play? The Colosseum? The Rose Bowl? Playing anywhere other than Farmers’ Field will make their move-in anticlimactic. People in LA are easily jaded. It would be really poor strategy to test the Angelinos’ 3.27 millisecond attention span before the team even moves into the billion dollar playpen. Was nothing learned from the LA Raiders’ debacle?

Are Marlon McCree and Antonio Cromartie the same person? Just askin'.

by QLFixBoy on Aug 22, 2011 10:09 AM PDT reply actions