Chargers Morning Dump

By Ernie Padaon
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Let’s not kid ourselves. Unless you’re a proud enthusiast of Fresno State football — or support a team that played the Bulldogs in 2009 — there’s a 3 percent chance that you saw Ryan Mathews tote the rock more than 20 times in the ’09 season. So, imagine my shock to see all the draft-day frothing over Mathews’ (immediate) all-world potential last August, as if he was an Adrian Peterson-esque lock to post monster numbers in his rookie campaign of 2010. It was baffling, and troubling, to say the least; but it also created an opportunity for exuberant owners to learn a hard life lesson about fantasy football: NEVER waste an elite draft pick on a rookie.

Diligently, the San Diego Union-Tribune keeps an NFL Arrests Database, chronicling all arrests and citations “that were more serious than speeding tickets” from the year 2000 right up to the latest incident involving Pacman Jones.

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