It wasn't the fact he didn't want to come to the Chargers, it was the fact he was like above the league. Nobody's above the league. If you get drafted, you need to be happy with where you're drafted. A lot of people who don't get drafted would love to. He's the No. 1 pick, and he's crying about it.
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The Steelers, still nursing their wounds after their first loss of the season to the New England Patriots, will be back in full force to take on the explosive Chargers, ... The AFC is tough and these are both very good teams who want to prove they are at the head of the class in the conference.
I told him going into surgery that we were going to try to get a long-term deal. I told him not to worry about it during rehab. My main concern is for him to get healthy, come back and help the San Diego Chargers win a championship.
This puts him in a very special class. I think the thing Mike's happiest about is the commitment the Chargers shared this early in the contract when they didn't have to do that.
Hey, the Steelers and my Chargers have a common opponent. The Patriots. We beat them 41-17. The Steelers lost to them 23-20. By my calculations, we should whip the Steelers 64-3.
He's taught me everything about being a quarterback. I didn't know how to study in college. I wasn't certain how to watch film properly. Suddenly, I feel like his project. And there's not a day that goes by when he doesn't tell us stories about Drew and, of course, Leaf and what happened out there when he was coach of the Chargers.
Look at the (San Diego) Chargers last year. They went from 4-12 to 12-4. Who knows Anybody can do it in any given year. That's the reason why you play the game, and it's the reason why players and the fans love it.
We welcome today's lease amendment, and when that amendment becomes final, we will immediately begin to examine available options in San Diego County. The Chargers are very hopeful that the amendment will result in the building of a new Super Bowl-caliber stadium in San Diego County.
It's going to be a great challenge to run the ball against (the Chargers), but we're not going to back down from that. We're still going to run the ball. We feel like we can be a very good rushing football team, and we're not going to let anyone chase us away from that.
The Chargers of the '60s were distinctly styled, conveying fast, powerful and affordable performance. That was a winning design formula then, and that's our design formula for 2006.
The NFL is already in substantially all major markets that could support a team. Los Angeles is the most likely candidate for the Chargers.
When the game's on the line, I just go out there like it's a normal kick, ... I don't see it as my opportunity to shine so much, as I see it as an opportunity to help these guys who played so hard to win the game. I don't talk or speak or make eye contact with anybody before a kick. I want time on my own. (Against San Diego), we went out there on third down to kick. I got comfortable, taking my (practice) steps. I didn't really hear the crowd. The Chargers tried to ice me (with a timeout) and I waited. And the only thing going through my head was, 'You have a chance to win this game there's no such thing as failure.'
It seems like at Purdue and then the Chargers and then to here -- it's kind of a situation where maybe they had a couple of rough seasons. The community was just craving that winner. And maybe there was a change, like a new coach, a new attitude and you're just able to step in and become a winner. That's what we did at Purdue and at San Diego, and now we plan on doing that here.
Eli was one of the four players we were considering as the first pick in the draft. Eli, his family and agent Tom Condon of IMG felt that the Chargers were not a good fit for Eli's future. The rest is history. We wish him well in his NFL career.
They would've been watching, anyway, but they don't always get a chance to see the Chargers. Personally, it's going to be quite a thrill to play against the Giants. The game means a whole lot, anyway, because of the implications in the way we've started off. It's a must-win game for us.