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LaDainian Tomlinson is heading into a very important year. He has shown signs of slowing down and last year was affected by injuries that reduced his stats a great degree. Once a touchdown machine, it will be a trying year for both LT and the San Diego Chargers if LT cannot get into the end zone with regularity.

LaDainian Tomlinson needs to prove his youth this year

Phillip Rivers has matured as a quarterback and often the team would bypass the running for more passing. Some of that had to do with injuries and some of it has to do with age. The body at 30 is not the same as the body at 24.

LaDainian Tomlinson attended his first OTA after a couple days tending to a family issue. Tomlinson looked as healthy as ever. In one drill where he leaped over a series of bags, it appeared he might be as spry as he’s been in a few years.

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This one is kind of funny and kind of sad. Mr. Steroid induced awesome built super qb rushing defensive Charger found a list of the league’s top linebackers and his name was on the list at number 12. Needless to say he freaked out and could not believe it.

Shawne has just spent 9 months recuperating from surgery and wants to prove he is number one in the linebacker business. There is no way there are 11 better linebackers and in Shawne’s eyes there can be zero better linebackers.

Shawne Merriman must prove he is number one linebacker in the NFL

Couple these feelings with the idea that this could be the year for the Chargers, and Shawne is very motivated. Oh, and did any mention that this is Merriman’s contract year come up?

But it’s hard to ignore all of it – particularly when the upcoming season represents a crossroads of sorts for Merriman.

Once considered one of the best players in football – not just defensive players, mind you, but in all the NFL – Merriman is perched on a potential career-changing season. He’s in a contract year with a franchise known for letting talent walk in free agency (see: Drew Brees(notes) and Michael Turner(notes)), and he’s returning to a defense that, in his absence, displayed the speed and agility of a cement mixer. With the major contract-extension hurdle of quarterback Philip Rivers(notes) still standing, and time running short for running back LaDainian Tomlinson(notes), Merriman’s here-and-now urgency isn’t being taken lightly – especially with an offense that looks Super Bowl-ready right now.

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Sometimes you watch the NFL and just wish you had some of that talent. What would it be like to have enough talent and size to play in the NFL?

Ryan Leaf had talent and size, but squandered it all. Leaf was the number two pick in the draft by the San Diego Chargers back in 1998. The number one was Peyton Manning by the Colts.

Leaf turned out to be the biggest bust in NFL draft history.

Now he is a legal drug addict. That is right. Legal drug addict. You would be surprised how many of them there are in the world today. It is just too easy to get hard drugs that are legal.

Ryan Leaf has a need for legal drugs

Leaf, 33, recently has been in a drug rehab in British Columbia, according to the Randall County, Texas, district attorney’s office. Last November, amid reports that he asked a player for a pain pill to help an old wrist injury, Leaf was placed on leave from his assistant coaching job at West Texas A&M.

“We think the evidence will show that he obtained drugs in various ways from various individuals or by using prescriptions that were not his,” Randall County District Attorney James Farren said Thursday by phone. source

Now Ryan Leaf is even in more trouble.

Former Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf has been indicted on drug and burglary charges in Texas as part of an ongoing grand jury investigation into his use of prescription medication.

Police in Canyon, Texas, believe he broke into an apartment in Canyon on Oct. 30 and stole an unknown quantity of Hydrocodone, according to the Amarillo Globe-News. The drug had been prescribed to an injured player living there, Canyon police Lt. Dale Davis told the newspaper.

“There were signs of a forced entry,” Davis said. “A window in the back of the home was (damaged).”
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