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| Rams ink wideout Caldwell |
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03/25/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (MySportsbook) - The St. Louis Rams agreed to a one-year contract with veteran wide receiver Reche Caldwell on Tuesday. Caldwell, 28, was a second round pick of the San Diego Chargers in 2002, and played four seasons with the squad before playing his best season with New England in 2006. That year, he recorded career-highs of 61 catches, 760 yards and four touchdowns. In 2007, Caldwell played eight games for the Washington Redskins, notching 15 catches for 141 yards. He will likely be the third r |
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| Chargers' McNeill, Merriman undergo surgery |
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03/18/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - San Diego Chargers offensive tackle Marcus McNeill and linebacker Shawne Merriman had separate arthroscopic procedures performed in the last week. McNeill had a procedure done on his shoulder on March 11, with an expected recovery time slated at two to four weeks. Merriman had arthroscopic surgery on his knee on March 13 and is looking at a four-to-six week recovery period. The club also announced that defensive tackle Jamal Williams will eventually have an operation on both knee |
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| Broncos pick up a pair of safeties |
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03/08/2008 |
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| Englewood, CO (MySportsbook) - The Denver Broncos bolstered their secondary Saturday, signing free agent safeties Marquand Manuel and Marlon McCree. Terms for both contracts were not disclosed. McCree started all 16 games at free safety for the San Diego Chargers in 2007, making 65 tackles and intercepting six passes. The seven-year veteran out of Kentucky has recorded 16 picks and 319 solo tackles in 106 games (84 starts) with San Diego, Carolina, Houston and Jacksonville. Manuel appeared in all 16 games -- s |
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| Bucs re-sign CB Davis |
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03/07/2008 |
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| mpa Bay Buccaneers have re-signed free agent cornerback Sammy Davis to a one-year contract, the team announced Friday. Davis played 14 games in a backup role with the Buccaneers in 2007, his first season with the team, and made a career-low 16 tackles. The 27-year-old was drafted out of Texas A&M by the San Diego Chargers with the 30th pick of the 2003 draft, and has recorded 172 tackles, three interceptions, 31 passes defensed and one sack in 71 games (32 starts) with San Diego, San Francisco and Tampa Bay. |
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| CBs Rodgers-Cromartie, McKelvin could go from small schools to big draft picks |
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02/25/2008 |
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| r, he moved to live with his mother in Bradenton, Fla. His father kept telling him he had a cousin who played at Florida State, but Rodgers-Cromartie never thought much of it until he got to know Antonio Cromartie in the past year. The second-year San Diego Chargers cornerback led the NFL with 10 interceptions this past season. Rodgers-Cromartie had another connection to cornerback greatness through his father. One of his dad's friends knew Darrell Green, who invited Rodgers-Cromartie to work out with him thi |
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| LB Smith agrees with Chargers 5 days after 49ers released him |
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02/24/2008 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -Derek Smith, released Tuesday by the San Francisco 49ers, agreed to a two-year deal with the San Diego Chargers on Sunday. Smith, whose role with the 49ers was assumed last season by rookie Patrick Willis, will bolster San Diego's inside linebackers group. He spent seven seasons with the 49ers, and was their leading tackler from 2001-05. He's spent the last three years playing in a 3-4 defense, which is what the Chargers play. Smith was drafted by the Washington Redskins in 1997 and playe |
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| Kevin O'Dea is new special teams coach for New York Jets |
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02/20/2008 |
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| wo seasons. He has worked with Chicago's Robbie Gould and Arizona's Neil Rackers, two of the NFL's most successful placekickers. A wide receiver and defensive back at Lock Haven, he also has coached with the Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers and in college at Penn State, Virginia, Cornell and Lock Haven. The Jets also named Mike Devlin tight ends-assistant offensive line coach and Jerome Henderson defensive backs coach. Devlin, in his third season with the Jets, shared the offensive |
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| Antonio Smith hopes to go from hoops to football at age 32 |
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02/11/2008 |
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| lay football. But basketball was Gates' passion and he transferred twice before landing on the court at Kent State. In 2003, at 23, Gates played football for the first time since high school and started his climb to stardom as a tight end with the San Diego Chargers. ``I think it's awesome that he's finally doing this,'' Izzo said, referring to Smith. ``Me and Saban wanted him to play football as a fifth-year senior. In addition to being in a football family, he has a great drive and is really tough and reall |
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| 'It's quite intimidating': 1st-timer Zorn takes Redskins reins |
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02/10/2008 |
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| s and former Packers quarterbacks Mike Holmgren. Others include Jon Gruden, Marty Morninweg and Steve Mariucci. Zorn also draws some comparisons to the man he is replacing. Gibbs was a barely known in Washington - an offensive coordinator with the San Diego Chargers - when he was hired in 1981. Of course, the Redskins would be thrilled if Zorn can achieve even half of what Gibbs did in his first term: four Super Bowl appearances in 12 seasons. Before that, he might need a thicker skin. Also in the audience wa |
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| Young San Diego cornerback Cromartie impresses veterans in Pro Bowl |
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02/10/2008 |
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HONOLULU (AP) - Antonio Cromartie sat quietly in the corner, away from the noise and bustle of the AFC locker room. While he prefers staying away from that kind of action, the speedy San Diego Chargers cornerback always seems to be in the right place at the right time. After leading the NFL with 10 interceptions, the second-year player made an impressive Pro Bowl debut Sunday, picking off two passes off deflections to tie a Pro Bowl record held by several players. Washington tight end Chris Cooley couldn |
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