Team: San Diego Chargers
Sport: Pro Football (NFL)
Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium
Head Coach: Marty Schottenheimer
Super Bowls: None
Background:
Introductions are in order. Entering May mini-camps, the Chargers
have only 10 players on the roster who have played more than
two seasons with the club, and they'll have to replace about
10 starters from last season.
First-round draft pick Philip Rivers, acquired in the Eli
Manning trade with the Giants, figures to push fourth-year
quarterback Drew Brees to improve dramatically, prepare for
demotion or find work elsewhere. Rivers was a four-year starter
at North Carolina State and might be asked to transition into
the nightmare Manning sought to avoid -- becoming an instant
starter on a patchwork offense.
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