Recent content by DagoTom

While I think the Chargers can beat anybody on a given Sunday, I also think the Chargers can play down to competition and lose to anyone on a given Sunday. The Chargers fans who beat their chests obviously haven't been paying attention to this team's Jekyll and Hyde personality. This team can...

We have a first-year starter (Donald Butler) at one ILB spot and Takeo Spikes at the other. Butler is unproven covering tight ends. He was a 3rd round pick in '10 but missed the season with a knee injury. He has talent and has looked good so far, but the Vikes didn't spread out our defense so...

At this point we're not too concerned with the loss of Castillo. Depth, however, is now a concern. Castillo's a very solid player, but DE happens to be the one position on the field where we have a backup who legitimately could be better. Vaughn Martin was our 4th round pick in '09 and was...

You can't change everything every week. The best you can do is have a set of varying signals and cycle through them, but you can't completely change out your signals. If you did, you'd spend all your time re-training your players as to what the signals are. In case you haven't noticed, some...

You know what--I'm honest enough to admit maybe that's exactly what we're seeing here. But I also tend to think people do things for reasons. Sometimes those reasons fall under the category of simple paranoia. Hell, back in the day Sid Gillman (I think it was Sid) actually stopped a practice...

And wouldn't be easier to get that stuff figured out for next time if you, you know, had a camera documenting everything?

Well, if I believed that no other team had ever won a football game by knowing the opposing coach's tendencies and/or signals this would probably be more of a big deal to me. Hell, look at the Buccaneers SB win against the Raiders. If anyone thinks Gruden didn't have the Raiders defensive...

I have intentionally not posted on this forum this week, and I'm sure you'll all tell me to continue to follow that trend in the future, but I've seen this kind of rationalizing so many times I just have to ask the question. If filming the opposing team's coaches yielded NO meaningful...

If 9 Patriots are on the injured list with "unknown gastrointestinal ailment" tomorrow you'll have your answer.

Because it rains so rarely here the roads build up a layer of oil and tire rubber on them. Then when it rains the roads become really slick. That's when all the out-of-staters who don't expect the lack of traction start getting into accidents, and then the roads get totally borked. Traffic's...

20's and 30's is butt-kicking cold when you're not used to it. And we in San Diego definitely aren't used to it. I lived in northern Pennsylvania with a friend of mine for a couple years and I got used to the cold after awhile. When I first got back to Cali I laughed at people who were...

I've heard a few pundits say they think BB will pretty much ignore the LT factor and focus on screwing with PR, the logic being that LT is going to get his yards and tends to have huge runs against teams who are selling out to stop him, while slowing down PR tends to kill the rhythm of our...

Chargers 37 Pats 13. Yes there will be a safety in this game. ;)

I love when players start "talking" about how they aren't talking. You know, how they'll let their play do the talking. If you're going to let your play do the talking, then why are you talking?

Yes, Cam Cameron calls the plays. Marty has input into the gameplan but he's made it very clear Cam Cameron runs the offense.