Jaque wrote on Dec 21, 2007 7:41 AM:Merriman should probably rest this week.

Markus wrote on Dec 21, 2007 10:29 AM:any more cogent prognostications Jackie Boy????

M. Fabini wrote on Dec 21, 2007 10:32 AM:I think we'd all agree last year's team seemed UNSTOPPABLE, yet with that 1st round loss everything came crashing down and we've all had to wait until now... And guess what, despite questionable coaching, play-calling, etc, the Bolts are in the same place as last year (who cares if they aren't 14-2)! The worst thing that could happen is for the Bolts to win the first game, then lose the AFC Championship because that would protect the Norv for another 4yrs!!

Jaque wrote on Dec 21, 2007 10:57 AM:In a certain way Fabini, that's what I felt during much of this season. With each win, and a step closer to the big dance, it lends credibility to Norv's hiring. Markus, we'll see if the Dolts can beat up on some more losers e.g., Donkeys, Faiders etc. Since you've come to expect so little from your team, I'll reserve judgment until the first round loss to the Browns.

Jaque wrote on Dec 21, 2007 11:18 AM:Mark, where are you this morning?

BoltDan wrote on Dec 21, 2007 11:43 AM:Jaque... i am disappointed in you calling them the dolts... I bag on Norv/AJ /Jammer but that is because it is the weakest point of a great team... you should ease up on the dolts comments... unless you are not a fan then have at it but please proclaim your allegience to a team. Merrieman should play and should get some sacks this week... we need that #3 spot... The Patsies haven't really played to many hard teams this year so someone needs to take a game to them like Tennesee did with us. That was a hard fought game... Beat the Donkeys BOLTS>>>

Jaque wrote on Dec 21, 2007 12:34 PM:Ok BOLTDAN, I don't agree that they are a great team, but I wont call them Dolts anymore. Go Bolts!

BoltDan wrote on Dec 21, 2007 1:50 PM:C'mon Jaque,,, they are a great team being held down by the oppressive powers of Norv/AJ... to dream of what might of been had Marty stayed and if AJ would have stayed out of his way... who knows and that is probably for another tread but Marty was/is a great coach and if he goes to Atlanta watch the turn around there.

Sean C. wrote on Dec 21, 2007 3:01 PM:"Pretty close" to fully recovered sounds good to go If he doesn`t feel he`ll do any further damage by playing Cutler can say hello to our olb terror tandem of Merriman & Phillips & maybe my man Jammer will get a pick.

Jimbo wrote on Dec 21, 2007 3:16 PM:If Merriman is not 100%, he should rest and prepare for the playoffs. We need him at his best then, not playing hurt now.

sdboltsfan wrote on Dec 21, 2007 3:51 PM:To : Jaque you call yourself a bolts fan. With fans like you who needs enemies. To : Boltdan without AJ there would be little talent on this team. If you are going to support the team than do so. I am sick of people talking trash about this winning team. 3 playoffs in 4 years that is something that charger fans have not enjoy for a long time. One of these days it will be a super bowl win and it looks good this year. Go SD Chargers

BoltDan wrote on Dec 21, 2007 4:33 PM:Do you blindly support everything about your team??? Haven't you heard the saying that "you are only as strong as the weakest part of your team".. I believe that is our corners but not anymore with CRO in there... How do you know that we wouldn't have great players with a GM that doesn't have an ego the size of the Q?? maybe we would have kept some of that talent that left (ie Donnie, Marty, Bree's, etc...) I believe we can be stronger and better but with your thought process we should just agree to what ever AJ passes our way... because he is looking out for the fans??!! REALLY?

sdboltsfan wrote on Dec 21, 2007 4:57 PM:I'm not blindly supporting but I see clearly what the produce is on the field. 10 pro bowl last year brought in by AJ minus LT was here. 7 pro bolw this year by AJ picks minus LT. Cro, Merriman, Hardwick, Dielmen, Gates the list goes on. All from that bad GM you so call. We have and we are in the playoff again. You tell me how many playoff and pro bolwers that we had before that we can compare. All the lost people you are talking about, how are they doing on other team. They were good because this team made them look good.I like brees wish he did not go after the money and left. He was offer a SD contract but went for more money in new orlean, good for him. He moved on and so should SD fan, because it looks like we are moving in the right direction. A chance at the super bowl. Go Chargers all the way!!!!

Jaque wrote on Dec 21, 2007 6:18 PM:3 playoff losses in 4 years? 10 probowl players that don't make it to the big game? Yea, it could be worse, but come on. Don't be so pleased with so little Sdboltdude. With that kind of softness, you'd be booted right out of towns like NY or Green Bay, where the only thing they expect is a Superbowl EVERY year! Indy was (is) good, going to the afc championship game before the big strike. The Chargers haven't done squat since 94. Get over the hype.

Bolt Believer wrote on Dec 21, 2007 7:19 PM:Marty was a great REGULAR SEASON coach, mediocre in the playoffs. Norv will be judged after the playoffs. I believe this team can go deep into the playoffs with some aggressive play calling. Norv ? Ted ? Scare the hell out of opposing QBs & WRs

Joe wrote on Dec 21, 2007 7:57 PM:Marty shouldn't have told Ernest Byner to fumble the football at the 1 yard in the Browns game. He also should not have told Stupid Florence to headbut the Pats and McCree to fumble the interception. He should not have told Kaeding to miss the field goal in the Jets game. It's all Marty's fault. If he can be blamed for anything, other than going for it on 4th and 11 against the Pats (which would have been considered brilliant if it had worked) it is for having bad luck in the playoffs. Hopefully Norv now knows the Chargers and they know him and his luck will be better this year than Marty's has been in the playoffs. Bottom line it is up to the PLAYERS to EXECUTE the plays called regardless of the coach. There has been talk of Marty going to the Atlanta Falcons along with Buddy Nix. If he did take that job how great would it be to see the Chargers play the Marty-coached Falcons in a playoff game. Kick the Donkeys!

sdboltsfan wrote on Dec 21, 2007 9:19 PM:Hey jaque I hear you. Disappointed that we lost in the past but Indy lost for so many years also before they won the big one. We are winning and have a chance to make a run for the super bowl. Hope you are not one of those ppl who have complain if we win the super bowl. You keep being negative and I will stay positve. Win win win babe. Real charger fans keep the faith!!! Hope we go all the way. Chargers

PAL52 wrote on Dec 21, 2007 10:37 PM:god forbid we should have to put up with AJ, who drafted CRO about 30 spots ahead of where anyone else would have taken him, or without Merriman or Phillips, or Chambers, or Kaeding or the entire offensive line, the entire linebacking crew, everyone on special teams, Scifres, everyone but Jamal and LT, when you get down to it. C'mon, Dan, no team is perfect, not even the Patriots, who barely lucked past Baltimore for cryin' out loud. You can't say a team has only weak area -- and that Cromartie fixes it -- and turn around in the same breath and say AJ stinks. It makes no sense. Chargers would give Pats a much better game right now. They seem to have remembered to put a guy on every receiver, which they weren't doing the first time around with Moss -- twice -- and the offense is clicking. Patriots are pretty freakin' awesome, though. The rest of the NFL will have to hope Bellichick is pulling a Gene Mauch and wearing out his best guys in the stretch.

JR wrote on Dec 21, 2007 10:38 PM:The Giants, Jets, and Packers fans expect a Super Bowl every year? Ouch.

PAL52 wrote on Dec 21, 2007 11:01 PM:Bingo, Joe. I didn't like Marty coming in -- probly cuz he and his Chiefs made us so miserable for so many years -- and I was sorry he and AJ couldn't work it out, and I was very leery of Norv. But I warmed up to Marty. He's a flat-out winner, and I completely agree with BoltDan: If he goes to Atlanta he will turn that team around in a couple of years and he'll be getting another shot at redemption in the playoffs. But in the meantime, AJ's put together a terrific team, Norv seems to be coming into his own with a good team and we've got reason to be optimistic. AJ also, by the way, pulled off two huge deals after the season started for the Chargers, which is a very rare thing in the NFL now: first was getting Keenan McCardell in 2004 to give Brees a class act he could depend on (and to bag on AJ and/or Marty and or Cameron for just a sec -- why did they ignore McCardell the second half of the season last year? that really steamed me); second was stealing Chambers this year to more than class up a young receiving corps -- all of whom are playing better since Chambers arrived. Really, everything is coming down now to Rivers, which is for sure AJ's biggest gamble.

Long Board Spikeman wrote on Dec 22, 2007 3:59 AM:Guys, You keep putting our past in our future...bottom line is I wouldn't want to be the team that has to come to the "Q" in two weeks, and the number 1 and 2 seed will cheer very hard for our opponet due to the fact that we are the last team they'll want to face, look at the match-ups, We Can Compete with both of them and I believe we will if we continue to progress, I doubt the media will hold us in a very high regard and that could play into our favor! "GO CHARGERS"

Joe wrote on Dec 22, 2007 9:08 AM:BoltDan, Thank you sir. McCardell was an excellent pick up and it is a mystery why he wasn't used more the 2nd half of the season. I remember him making an impossible sideline catch. Chambers may be the greatest in-season pick up ever by the Chargers. Great job on that one AJ. His speed, toughness over the middle and veteran leadership and work ethic have been very intrumental in not only the considerable imporvement in the receiving corps but the entire Chargers team. I can't recall him dropping even one pass so far. Now defenses have to play more honest as Chambers can burn them for a touchdown on any play which has helped open up the running lanes aided also by the return of Hardwick and the O line playing nasty again. The emergence of Buster Davis the last 2 games and Jackson's improved play are allowing the Chargers to have gotten on a roll and earned the right to play in the "tournament". I looked at the NFL quarterback stats and Brees has an excellent cumulative rating of 92 (#9 in the NFL) and Rivers has an ok rating of 80. The difference is that Brees is 7-7 and Rivers is 9-5 and guaranteed to be in the playoffs. With the emergence of Crime Time Cromartie and the experience gained by Wilhelm and Cooper the defense is playing very well including the secondary. How the Chargers do in the playoffs will in large part hinge on the play of the offensive line and Rivers. Norv has remembered the slant and the reverse and with some creative play calling on offense and mixing up the defensive coverages the Chargers do indeed have a chance to "make some noise." There is nothing I would like to see more than for the Chargers to DESTROY "Ugly Hoody" BilliCHEAT and the Pats-especially if they were still undefeated at that point. Go Chargers!

Jacques to Jaque wrote on Dec 22, 2007 3:10 PM:Bonjour, Jaque. Why do you drop the C and S on your name? En francaise, Jaque doesn't mean Jack or Jock, it means Jackfruit, which is very smelly, has no intelligence, and is served after being roasted on coals. Speaking of coals, look in your stocking for some carbon fuels for your constant degrading of coaches and athletes. That is , if you can get off Le Sofa. Oh, snap!

Charrrrgerrrrs ! wrote on Dec 22, 2007 6:58 PM:Sssssssssss Jaque could use some solarcaine for that burn & a fridge full of Bon Bons to get her through the playoffs

BoltDan wrote on Dec 24, 2007 8:19 AM:First off, I will be out there cheering as loud as any of you guys, so don't question peoples loyalty to a team. That brings me back to where I started. I have to once again agree with JOE.. AJ has brought in talent But the question remains what would have happened if his EGO wasn't so big and kept even a portion of people he had gotten rid of. We could have all those great players named above PLUS more... we really could be the Jugernaut that the Patsies are right now.... Not saying that they can't be beat but it doesn't look like it in the regular season at least. Cro doesn't fix everything, to answer someone above, but does take our 28th ranked pass D and place it about 15th right now... hmmmm... that would be the weal point, OR was. Imagine if we took the other anchor off the...(wait for it)... side (Jammer) and moved him to safety and found a better corner that doesn't get burned... Ouch. So all you NOrv Lovers keep going with your love but He is an idiot until he proves other... Let's all bet what the first series will be tonight... HMMMM I am going with Vegas special and saying RUN up the middle, run up the middle, and then short pass for little gain... he MAY get more creative later but I am sure that is what he will do tonight...Lets see shall we??? OH CRAP I just told the Donkeys our scheme!!!! darn they know now!!!

chargerson wrote on Dec 24, 2007 11:23 AM:The question is why so much nonsensical drivel, instead of commenting on Merriman? Merriman is a high impact player he's very physical and can change the out come of any game. Do we rest him or play him ? I say we bring him in for a few plays first half and rest him on the second half, hopefully after we have a big lead. Make no mistake, We NEED Merriman to make it to the superbowl GO Chargers!