Powered by Southern California McDonald's. The Bolts also added cornerback Tevaughn Campbell to the injury report with a groin injury. His status for Sunday's game is questionable. In a corresponding move, the team waived defensive lineman Forrest Merrill. In a corresponding move, the team waived kicker Tristan Vizcaino. Chargers wide receiver duo Keenan Allen and Mike Williams have been on a tear in Learn how Brandon Staley, Justin Herbert and the Chargers offense utilize Keenan and Mike to complement and create opportunities for each other.
Go all-access on Mike Williams' breakout year so far, including his multi-touchdown games against the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cleveland Browns. In addition, the Bolts downgraded safety Nasir Adderley to out. At , the Los Angeles Chargers are off to their hottest start in seven years. Get a behind the scenes look at the Chargers back to back wins against divisional opponents. The team also activated defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko from the practice squad for Monday night's game.
His promotion to the active roster comes after the team waived defensive lineman Eric Banks yesterday. In addition, the Bolts downgraded defensive lineman Justin Jones to out. He doesn't sound convinced that his long-term future is in media. So I think that has a lot to do with why there's not a lot of hype around me. For those concerned with Tomlinson's profile, it's a less-than-ideal combination. No memorable performances in monumental games mixed with a quiet demeanor.
Out of sight, out of mind. It's the type of formula that can lead national NFL correspondents to suggest that the fifth-most prolific rusher in NFL history might not even be Hall of Fame-worthy. And it's a big reason Neal thinks his former teammate is already tragically underrated.
I think when you look at that along with what he did with sometimes not having a great offensive line and not having a strong supporting cast behind him his first couple years in the league, no question. One day, we may view Tomlinson's days in Jets green the same way we look at Joe Montana in the Chiefs red, gold and white or Emmitt Smith in Cardinals red, white and black. It doesn't feel right, because Tomlinson's name is synonymous with Chargers football.
But despite the fact he didn't get any closer to the championship he was chasing in New York, he doesn't regret spending the final two years of his career there. He thought he still had something left when the Chargers released him following the season, and he was able to prove it by racking up 1, yards from scrimmage while averaging a solid 4. I knew what I still could do so let's prove that your body can hold up even at 30 years old.
It re-energized me, because I was so determined to prove what I could still do. Of course, Tomlinson didn't choose to leave San Diego in the first place. But as he noted, his career trajectory had been thrown off course several years earlier, he was fighting injuries along with Mother Nature, and he had a contentious relationship with then-general manager A.
So the timing might have been right, and he had what he calls "a great two years" in New York. Tomlinson once said he'd have a hard time retiring as a Charger so long as Smith was still running the front office. He eventually came to his senses and signed a ceremonial contract in order to retire with the team in , just months before Smith and Turner were fired anyway.
Now, it's all water under the Coronado Bridge. At the time, I obviously didn't agree with some of the decisions. But knowing Dean, he lets the people that he put in place run the team and make decisions, for the most part. They're certainly great guys. He also noted that the tough breakup and those sour memories don't take away from how he feels about the guys he played with and the team's accomplishments.
So we accomplished some wonderful things. We were relevant, and I'm really proud of that. On Sunday, some of the those teammates will have a chance to honor their longtime leader as Tomlinson's number is retired for the third time in his 36 years: University High School in Waco, Texas; Texas Christian University; and now Qualcomm Stadium.
And as wounds heal, even longtime rivals such as poor Sapp—who lost each of the seven games he played against Tomlinson's Chargers —can only shake their heads and pay respect to No. Every down. Because he was all three downs. Any time he touched it, he could be gone.
Sapp, of course, finished his career watching Tomlinson in awe from the wrong sideline, while running back Jamaal Charles of the division-rival Chiefs —who will be in San Diego for the occasion this weekend —spent the first two years of his superstar career watching Tomlinson do his thing.
I tried to do everything that reminds me of LaDainian Tomlinson. But being in the same division and playing him twice per year is something I didn't want to do. For an athlete, not a lot tops possessing that ability to instill a combination of fear and admiration in your opponents, and it's apparent Tomlinson has been doing that his entire life as a football player. Because I wasn't highly recruited, I was like this sleeper guy. No one really knew about me, and there were always questions about my abilities.
And so now to look back and have my number retired at every single level that I've played —high school, college and now the NFL —it is truly amazing. It is mind-boggling to even think about where I am at this point and what I've done on the football field. Exactly seven weeks after Tomlinson was named NFL MVP in , a car accident took the lives of his father and half-brother, a tragedy that the born-and-bred Texan unsurprisingly says had a tremendous impact on him.
At the time, Tomlinson was troubled by a New York Times article —published only a few weeks before the accident—which contained what Tomlinson felt was an unfair depiction of his relationship with his father.
He felt the highly publicized article portrayed him as a big star who was neglecting his impoverished dad, when in reality there was a lot more to the story. Tomlinson said he invited his father—who at times had struggled with drugs — to live with him in San Diego, but that Oliver Tomlinson wouldn't leave his mother's home. Like many fathers, Oliver was stubborn, he notes, but the truth is LaDainian dedicated a large portion of his career to fulfilling his dad's dream.
It's a shame he wasn't able to accomplish that, but for those—like Tomlinson — who believe lost loved ones are watching over us, he will undoubtedly make his father proud when he's honored Sunday in San Diego.
And that won't be Oliver's last chance to smile down on his son, because Tomlinson is widely expected to be a shoo-in when he becomes eligible for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in And a Hall of Fame induction—particularly on the first ballot —is actually a substantially more extraordinary accomplishment than a Super Bowl victory.
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