Mike Scifres

No...Really...I Saw Him Smiling

First, thanks to the fans for not filling up the “Q” so that Saturday night’s preseason opener against Seattle had to be tape-delayed on television. I tuned in at 10:30, and about all I had in me was one quarter.

I’ll leave it to the rest of you to break down what happened after that (and after I went to sleep). I don’t feel I missed anything important, since all the starters were basically gone by the second quarter anyway.

But here’s what I did see:

Opening kickoff:Buster Davis is the return man which tells me the Chargers are less concerned about their oft-injured ‘07 first-round pick getting hurt again than they are about anybody else…After the kickoff, a quick shot of Norv Turner smiling broadly on the sidelines (better freeze-frame that, because I don’t expect to see it very often).

First play:LaDainian Tomlinson is in the game! Certainly don’t want to get him hurt, so it makes sense to have him block a blitzing linebacker. Fortunately, LT doesn’t want to get hurt either, so he misses the block and Philip Rivers is sacked.

Second Down:Time to give LT the ball. But — oh, those tricky Chargers — he’s running to the right. New guard Kynan Forney and tackle Jeromey Continue Reading →

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