Bolt Beat » 2009 » May http://boltbeat.com A San Diego Chargers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Thu, 17 May 2012 04:17:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Loosening Up http://boltbeat.com/2009/05/23/loosening-up/ http://boltbeat.com/2009/05/23/loosening-up/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 17:26:36 +0000 mchavezbooth http://boltbeat.com/?p=420 Loosen up, Charger fans. The Chargers offense will be back to top form in 2009. One of the main reasons – the success at the tight end position. Antonio Gates continues to be one of the top players at his position and one of the better athletes … [visit site to read more]

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]]> Loosen up, Charger fans. The Chargers offense will be back to top form in 2009. One of the main reasons – the success at the tight end position.

Antonio Gates continues to be one of the top players at his position and one of the better athletes … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://boltbeat.com/2009/05/23/loosening-up/feed/ 2 It’s a Coaching Affair http://boltbeat.com/2009/05/17/it%e2%80%99s-a-coaching-affair/ http://boltbeat.com/2009/05/17/it%e2%80%99s-a-coaching-affair/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 23:39:38 +0000 mchavezbooth http://boltbeat.com/?p=415 The Chargers tiptoed their way into playoff contention last year. The pieces didn’t seem to click until the latter part of the year, and even then, there were a few close calls. One reason the Chargers were able to find themselves was personnel adjustments made at midseason. The biggest move occurred when former defense coordinator Ted Cottrell was replaced by then linebackers coach Ron Rivera. Rivera slowly brought improvement to the defensive side of things, something he wishes to build upon this year. In the 2008 offseason, the Chargers brought in Hall-of-Fame Wide Receiver Charlie Joiner and former Chargers runningback [...]

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The Chargers tiptoed their way into playoff contention last year. The pieces didn’t seem to click until the latter part of the year, and even then, there were a few close calls. One reason the Chargers were able to find themselves was personnel adjustments made at midseason. The biggest move occurred when former defense coordinator Ted Cottrell was replaced by then linebackers coach Ron Rivera. Rivera slowly brought improvement to the defensive side of things, something he wishes to build upon this year.

In the 2008 offseason, the Chargers brought in Hall-of-Fame Wide Receiver Charlie Joiner and former Chargers runningback Ollie Wilson to help at their respective positions. The Chargers have continued the trend and made a lot of personnel adjustments in the 2009 offseason.

Former Chargers tight ends coach Rob Chudzinski returns to the squad after spending the past few seasons as offensive coordinator in Cleveland. Chudzinski, who helped Gates reach career highs in the 2005 season, will also serve as the Chargers assistant head coach. Chudzinski looks to bring some of the offensive success he had in Cleveland back to San Diego. In Chudzinski’s first season with the Browns, the team managed to reach the third-highest totals in team history for both points scored (402) and total yards (5,621).

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]]> Per a recent exchange with a Boltbeat reader, I began thinking about the wide receiver position in the NFL. There are a number of teams that are incredibly talented at this position.

Despite my recent overlook, Denver does boast a talented corps … [visit site to read more]

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