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The San Diego Chargers' Five Biggest Questions

 
With training camp just under way, and the preseason right around the corner, hopes have never been higher in sunny San Diego. And why shouldn't they be? The Chargers are coming off a season that saw them advance further than they had ever done since their Super Bowl season of '94 and they won their first playoff game in over a decade. But like all teams around the league, the Chargers need to address certain questions about their team if they hope to be making a February visit to Tampa Bay. Here my five burning questions the Chargers need to answer before the start of the season, if they hope to make this season as "Super" as they hope to.   1. Who will be the third cornerback? The Situation With the departure of talented, but mistake prone, CB Drayton Florence to Jacksonville, and the two starting CB jobs locked up by Quentin Jammer and Antonio Cromartie, the Chargers need to find out who will be the third CB early on, so that they can get as much time with the first team as ... (link)

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