San Diego Chargers Daily Links: January 26, 2012

by Richard Wade on Jan 26, 2012 6:00 AM PST in San Diego Chargers Daily Links

Follow the money: What Chargers made in 2011 - Kevin Acee
Nine of the 28 Chargers who counted more than $1 million against the salary cap missed at least three games in 2011. In all, 11 of the team’s 33 highest-paid players (base salary and bonuses actually paid in 2011) missed a combined 103 games this season, earning a total of $17.957 million for those games they were mere spectators.

Chargers looking for pass rusher - Kevin Acee
Sitting in the stands at Ladd Peebles Stadium here Tuesday afternoon, A.J. Smith was turned and had his binoculars trained on the one-on-one drills going on between linemen.

Monday's Player / Team Observations, NFL Draft - DraftCountdown.com
List of players seen talking to representatives of NFL teams on Monday at the 2012 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama

Checking Larry English's Scouting Report Going Into Draft - Ernie Padaon
Since we are going over all kinds of different scouting reports on players at the Senior Bowl and we will go over more at the combine in preparation for the draft, I wanted to look back at a few scouting reports from some of our current players. Today, we will go over Larry English (thanks go out to Staff Writer Phil for this request).

FO Mailbag: Do FO's Opponent Adjustments Matter? - Aaron Schatz
Jason, your e-mail specifically addresses the question of how strength of schedule correlates to opponent adjustments. (Remember, DVOA is adjusted for both offensive and defensive opponent strength, even though the acronym just has "D.") However, the article on igglesblog makes two points.

Scramble for the Ball: 2011 All-KCW Team - Tom Gower & Mike Kurtz
Mike Kurtz: How about Antonio Garay, who is both an awful player and completely insane?

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Ouch

I didn’t realize that having a silly haircut made one “completely insane”.

For those who want some solace that Antonio is not an “awful player” look here: Garay ranked #2 pass rusher among defensive tackles. .

I guess reasonable people can disagree.

by CABurrito on Jan 26, 2012 6:10 AM PST reply actions

More impressive that Cam Thomas is on the list

And I’ve spent all season subtley praising him. Him and Garay are the two reasons I’d love to see a hybrid defense, or a 46 defense

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by Superduperboltman on Jan 26, 2012 7:22 AM PST up reply actions

How about a rotation where Cam plays 1st and 2nd downs and Garay plays 3rd downs?

by BFDC on Jan 26, 2012 7:33 AM PST up reply actions

they both rush the passer well. So they play 1st down

rest 2nd, and come back for 3rd if there isn’t a conversion.

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by Superduperboltman on Jan 26, 2012 7:36 AM PST up reply actions

Who comes in on 2nd in this scenario?

by BFDC on Jan 26, 2012 7:40 AM PST up reply actions

Martin, Liuget carrys over from first, Castillo, who stays in for third down to set up stunts and such

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by Superduperboltman on Jan 26, 2012 7:55 AM PST up reply actions

also,

I like PFF a lot but their rating system can be a bit flawed in grading

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by Superduperboltman on Jan 26, 2012 7:23 AM PST up reply actions

True of any grading system, including DVOA

At least in this case they were actually looking at Garay and not soley at team statistics which might or might not reflect his accomplishments as accurately, at FO did. I won’t go so far as to claim Garay as an elite player, but I think he deserves better than to be dismissed as "awful".

by CABurrito on Jan 26, 2012 7:41 AM PST up reply actions