My Antonio Gates Blog

The San Diego Chargers are entering the 2010 season with a brand new look, at least at one position, but it's a new look that has big implications for the club. The team got rid of future Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who broke records, won an MVP and led the club to success for much of the past decade.

In getting rid of Tomlinson, they feel that they are moving past a player who is beyond his prime, and has been steadily declining for the past two or three years. They are also ditching his ego and his demand for the spotlight. They still have a talented group of running backs, including some of their young draft picks, as well as the super speedy and diminutively sized Darren Sproles, also a key member of the special teams.

Now the team is fully in the hands of star quarterback Philip Rivers. Rivers is one of the best in the game, and can put up huge numbers. He'll have more of an opportunity to do so, without needing to worry about upsetting Tomlinson. He has all of the weapons you could ask for, still, particularly with tight end Antonio Gates. They are missing wide receiver Vincent Jackson currently with a contract dispute which may or may not get resolved for the season.

The Chargers have been projected to be one of the teams to beat in the AFC for several years running. They have never been able to live up to all of that hype, and all of those expectations before, even when they have had phenomenal regular seasons. Now though, it feels like some of the pressure and those burdens have been removed, and Rivers, Gates and Co. are ready to finally make their impact felt on the league in the playoffs.

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