CHARGERS: Safety in Weddle for Hart, Chargers : North County Times - Californian

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Second-year pro's rise to starter a boon for fellow safety By MIKE SULLIVAN - Staff Writer | Sunday, August 3, 2008 8:35 PM PDT SAN DIEGO ---- On the day Clinton Hart signed a five-year contract in April, he expounded on why he was so ecstatic that Eric Weddle would be his safety partner in the Chargers' secondary this season. Basically, no longer would Hart have to deal with Marlon McCree's ... [link]

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SAN DIEGO CHARGERS TRAINING CAMP ONE-LINERS
Published 8/4/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... with Cletis Gordon. Said coach Norv Turner of Saturday’s workout before more than 10,000 fans: “We did a similar practice Wednesday night and I thought we were a lot better today. We tried to create a lot of different situations. We’ve still got a lot of work to do but we got some good work done today .” LB Shawne Merriman is missing practice time to rehab his knee . Veteran DT Jamal Williams got his first action of training camp on Friday . S Clinton Hart prefers Eric Weddle to Marlon McCree. Through three seasons, WR Vincent Jackson’s numbers ...

Around the AFC West: Are the Chiefs in trouble?
Published 8/4/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... should be ending soon. Kansas City Chiefs The competition is tight to be Dwayne Bowe's complement receiver. Jason Whitlock says the Chiefs are in trouble without their two top picks. Oakland Raiders Here is an excellent review of the first 10 days of the Raiders' training camp. San Diego Chargers Clinton Hart likes playing next to Eric Weddle more than Marlon McCree.

The Weekly Weddle: Hart Hearts EW
Published 8/18/2008 by Dave H (harrington.dw@gmail.com) at Pink Hat Nation
... First, let's take you around the Weddle-Web. The North County Times recently published a nice article about of incumbant strong safety Clinton Hart is meshing with E-Dub in the defensive backfield. It's pretty obvious that the departure of New England playoff goat Marlon McCree is helping both players become more effective in the defensive backfield. ...

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Preseason Game #1: Chargers 31, Cowboys 17

Posted 8/10/2008 on Know Your Dallas Cowboys: The Blog

The Cowboys looked good on their opening offensive and defensive series against San Diego in the first preseason game on Saturday night. However, poor special teams coverage, penalties in the secondary, and turnovers were very costly, as the Chargers ran out to a 24-10 halftime lead. Dallas had a good drive in the second half but could not make a dent into the San Diego lead, as the ...

Dallas Cowboys see both good and bad in first preseason game

Posted 8/10/2008 on Blogging The Boys

I guess you just take the good with the bad as the Dallas Cowboys lost to the San Diego Chargers, 31-17. The Dallas Cowboys opening preseason game went from the sublime, to the ridiculous, to the mundane. The Cowboys starters came out like a juggernaut and were dominating the game. Romo to Witten is…say it with me now…cash money. MB3 was running very aggressively and the ...

Cowboys vs Chargers: Halftime

Posted 8/10/2008 on DaveTroll: Cowboys Fan 4 Life!

San Diego leads at halftime, 24-10. My thoughts: * First team offense and defense looked good. They looked just as good as last year and the defense is improving. * Zack Thomas is showing no signs of a concussion slowing him down. He is all over the place. * Mike Jenkins looks promising. He had a good pass break up to stop a drive. * Felix Jones looks everything that he is touted to be. Once ...

Cowboys @ Chargers game open thread

Posted 8/10/2008 on Blogging The Boys

Gameday TV/Radio Notes Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers Saturday, Aug 9th, 2008 10:00 PM EST, TV: NFL Network Qualcomm Stadium – San Diego, CA Listen online at The Ticket . This is an open thread for real-time game chat. Weather Forecast Clear 70 degrees Wind NW 4 mph

Cowboys @ Chargers pre-game open thread

Posted 8/9/2008 on Blogging The Boys

The clock is ticking! Discussion material for the waiting room. From San Diego papers. Romo is instinctive and Chargers players still love Wade . DallasCowboys.com on who to watch tonight, here and here . Another watch guide from the Star-T. This might be TMI, Cricket. Also, the DMN blog drops this list of non-playing Chargers. That includes the ...

Gameday: Cowboys @ Chargers

Posted 8/9/2008 on CowboysBlog.Net

The Cowboys are in San Diego for their first preseason game of the year. By this time of the year, players are ready to bang heads against opposing teams rather than fellow teammates they’ve been seeing all training camp. It is a preseason game, so I wouldn’t expect much action from the starters, maybe a few series at the most. This is already being called a preview to the ...

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Posted 8/9/2008 on ProFootballTalk.com

The PFTV guys take a look-see at the prospects for perhaps the most competitive division in all of football. The NFC East. The excellence of this division can’t be understated. For most of the past four decades, one or more NFC East teams have been among the NFL’s elite franchises. Right now, all four have potential to become [...]

Is Dallas-San Diego preseason game a Super Bowl preview?

Posted 8/9/2008 on NFL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

You don't have to stretch the imagination to see a Cowboys-Chargers rematch in the Super Bowl wrote Dallas Morning News blogger Tim McMahon. As Wade Phillips said, "the best team lost" when the Giants walked out of Texas Stadium with a win en route to the title. The Chargers, who started slow under Norv Turner and took off down the stretch last season, feel they're better than the ...

Cowboys vs. Chargers: What to Watch For

Posted 8/9/2008 on Cowboys Gab

We’re one day away from the Dallas Cowboys preseason opener, but some people may feel like they do not know what to expect when the Boys face the San Diego Chargers. Worry no more, for I’ll give you a few things that deserve your attention. 1. As reported earlier, Adam “Don’t Call Him Pacman” Jones will not be starting in place of the injured Terence Newman. ...

Cowboys Kick-Off Preseason Tomorrow Night

Posted 8/9/2008 on Cowboys Gab

Yes, that’s right, the day is almost here when we get to watch our beloved Cowboys actually play a game again! Albeit a preseason one, tomorrow night at 9 o’clock central time, they will take on the San Diego Chargers in San Diego, CA. Not far from where they’ve been holding training camp in Oxnard, CA. We’ll finally get to see Felix Jones and Pacman Jones in ...

Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers: What I'm looking for

Posted 8/8/2008 on Blogging The Boys

The Cowboys are on their way down to San Diego today, making the trip on the luxurious Scottish Thistle . Tomorrow night will be the first time the team sees real football action this season since training camp has been decreed a no-tackle zone. What is most exciting for us fans is that after eight very long months we finally get to see our Cowboys in action. Yeah Hard Knocks was nice but in ...

Cowboys First Preseason Game Preview

Posted 8/8/2008 on DaveTroll: Cowboys Fan 4 Life!

Saturday night on NFL Network (10:00 PM Eastern), the Dallas Cowboys will play their first preseason game against the San Diego Chargers. If I had the NFL Network, I would watch it at home. I would love to go out and watch it, and I still might try. What do I expect from this game? Not too much from the starters, we all know how good they are. We need to see how the younger players do. The ...

NFL: Projecting the AFC West

Posted 8/7/2008 on The Big Lead

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SAN DIEGO CHARGERS TRAINING CAMP ONE-LINERS

Posted 8/7/2008 on ProFootballTalk.com

Rookie CB Antoine Cason had two interceptions during Wednesday night’s practice. Charlie Whitehurst continues to be stuck on the depth chart as the No. 3 quarterback. In the preseason opener, Coach Norv Turner will be keeping a close eye on S Paul Oliver, a 2007 supplemental draft pick who didn’t dress for a single game as a rookie. OT [...]

NFL Local Sports Media- San Diego Chargers

Posted 8/6/2008 on Sports Media Journal

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HARVEY STEINBERG RIPS THE NFL

Posted 8/6/2008 on ProFootballTalk.com

Denver lawyer Harvey Steinberg, who represents virtually every member of the Denver Broncos organization, isn’t happy about the manner in which the NFL handled the three-game suspension imposed on receiver Brandon Marshall. “It just shows you what a class organization that we’re dealing with that Mr. Marshall and his attorney find out about this as the [...]

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Posted 8/5/2008 on End Zone Buzz

© SteelCityHobbies Let's take a look and see what kind of odds our friendly neighborhood sports book has placed on the upcoming NFL and college seasons. > NFL - Top ten team odds to win the Super Bowl > > New England Patriots: 72 Dallas Cowboys: 6/1 San Diego Chargers: 7/1 Indianapolis Colts: 15/2 Jacksonville Jaguars: 12/1 New York Giants: 16/1 Pittsburgh Steelers: 16/1 ...

Hair of a different color

Posted 8/4/2008 on Uwe Blog

Anthony Henry: I wonder if he's seen Dave Campo's hair? Dallas Cowboys training camp rolled on this weekend. Of course, less than a week away from the first pre-season game against the San Diego Chargers. Good times. Per the media's coverage of the Cowboys, this blog is chronicling the many feel-good features the local media is spinning as the season gets going. Clearly, if these features ...

Posted 8/3/2008 on A Large Regular

NFL Flotsam and Jetsam Miscellaneous NFL thoughts and observations. I'm in a few fantasy football leagues and I think I'll be hard pressed to pick a single player from the San Diego Chargers. Yes that includes LaDainian Tomlinson and Philip Rivers. My gut tells me that both players have peaked and are due for an off-year, a decline or an injury. Sorry but that's what my gut tells me. Sure ...

OLIVEA DISCUSSES HIS DRUG ADDICTION

Posted 8/3/2008 on ProFootballTalk.com

In 2004, Shane Olivea looked like one of the best young offensive linemen in the league, starting all 16 games as a rookie in San Diego. But as his career progressed, he didn’t develop into the kind of player the Chargers thought he would, and by the end of 2007 he was out of a job. [...]