San Diego Chargers: Secondary Articles
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SBN: Turf Show Times (Douglas M) —
What a week its been. Since the draft last month, teams have been integrating their rookies into their new lives as professional football players. New uniforms, trying on helmets, and grabbing their first paychecks! Boo-Yah! Let's face it, this is the time of year when we all go through football withdrawals. It's time to tell wives and girlfriends you have to attend those NFL Anonymous...
Mile High Report (KaptainKirk) —
Jack Del Rio wants Broncos to have a top 10 defense - NFL.com Jack Del Rio has taken over a Denver Broncos defense that finished last season ranked 20th overall in the NFL. The team's new defensive coordinator is challenging his players to reach higher in 2012. Report: Ryan Clady, Denver Broncos open extension talks - NFL.com The Denver Broncos have opened talks to extend the contract...
NBCSports.com: ProFootballTalk (Michael David Smith) —
Robert Meachem has only been in San Diego for a couple months, but he already has very big ideas about what the Chargers can do. Meachem told the North County Times that with the work he’s been doing over the last two months, he’s building the kind of rapport with quarterback Philip Rivers that wins…
The Phinsider (Kevin Nogle) —
Earlier this week, we took a look at the teams most likely to miss the 2012 NFL Playoffs despite making it in 2011. With a 50% turn-over rate in the NFL's playoffs every year, there will typically be three teams from each conference that join the playoffs, having not been there the year before. Today, we start trying to predict which teams will make it into the postseason tournament in the...
Mile High Report (KaptainKirk) —
Rod Smith to Ring of Fame On Thursday, Owner/CEO Pat Bowlen announced that wide receiver Rod Smith has been elected as the 23rd member of the Broncos Ring of Fame. Smith Reflects on Ring of Fame " DenverBroncos.com Earlier this morning, Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen called former wide receiver Rod Smith and notified him that he had been voted into the Broncos Ring of Fame in his first year...
The Phinsider (Kevin Kraczkowski) —
Bob Baumhower was a 6'5" defensive lineman from Portsmouth, VA. During his collegiate career, he was twice selected to the All-American second squad while playing with the Alabama Crimson Tide. Miami picked him up in the second round of the 1977 NFL Entry Draft with the 40th overall pick. He would wear the number 73 jersey throughout his NFL career. Baumhower started all 14 games of his...
NBCSports.com: ProFootballTalk (Josh Alper) —
It has been a rough couple of years for Chargers tight end Antonio Gates. He missed six games in 2010 and three games, along with parts of others, last year because of a foot injury. He’s still been productive — 17 touchdown catches — but his presence in the lineup has been missed for the…
Mile High Report (KaptainKirk) —
via prod.images.broncos.clubs.nflcdn.com Denver Broncos CEO and Owner Pat Bowlen announced today that Wide Receiver and fan favorite Rod Smith will have his name and number hung from the Ring of Fame facade at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Sunday September 23, 2012. The Induction ceremony will take place during halftime of the Week 3 contest against the Houston Texans . ...
Cincy Jungle (Josh Kirkendall) —
Thanks to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement that was signed last year, rookie contracts are no longer a drawn out process that threatens a player's development deep into training camp. There are no more $50 million guarantees, contractual holdouts and every selection during the 2012 NFL draft is slotted much earlier than ever before. There is a projected price range for each player...
Field Gulls (Kenneth Arthur) —
I just want to take a brief moment to recognize Earl Thomas on this website. For whatever reason, NFL.com and Pete Prisco come out with " Top 100 NFL Players " lists and the only Seahawk to be found is Earl Thomas. ( Edit: My bad, I've been told I forgot about Marshawn Lynch! ) None of that really matters to me, because Pete Prisco is basically a moron, but it is a good chance to recognize...
Mile High Report (KaptainKirk) —
The final installment of the post draft look at the NFC South division concludes with a look at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , who the Denver Broncos host during Week 13 of the 2012 NFL season. Here’s how Florida’s scalawags measure up. Tampa Bay finished the 2011 season in 4th place in the NFC South division with a 4-12 record. Looking back, it’s a wonder that they were...
Mile High Report (KaptainKirk) —
Elway: Brock Osweiler is Broncos' QB of the future - NFL.com Shortly after the Denver Broncos signed free-agent quarterback Peyton Manning to a five-year, $96 million contract, the club raised eyebrows by using the 57th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft on Arizona State quarterback Brock Osweiler . Demaryius Thomas: Peyton Manning 'another coach' - NFL.com We're starting to see...
Yahoo.com: Shutdown Corner (Doug Farrar) —
There are people in or around the town of Oceanside, Calif., who just got an express trip to the place where the red guy with the horns and pitchfork does his business. There are few things more disgusting that a robbery that affects the family of a man who just died, but that's what happened last week to the family of Junior Seau. Just five days after the great linebacker took his own life,...
Yahoo.com: Shutdown Corner (Doug Farrar) —
Since he came to the New England Patriots in 2007, Wes Welker has been about as productive as a receiver can be. In five seasons, he's caught 554 passes for 6,105 yards (an 11.0 yards-per-catch average) and 31 touchdowns. He's redefined the role of possession receiver in some of the most productive offenses in league history, and he's far from done. In 2011, Welker caught a 122 passes -- the...
Mile High Report (KaptainKirk) —
Rodgers Takes Over as Defensive Line Coach " DenverBroncos.com With Wayne Nunnely retiring, Jay Rodgers — who spent the past three seasons as a defensive assistant with the club, including working primarily with Nunnely and the defensive line in 2011 — now takes over as the club’s defensive line coach. Today’s Unknowns Can Be Tomorrow’s Stars "...