San Diego Chargers' Running Woes

With the San Diego Chargers' season once again painfully ending with again LaDainian Tomlinson sitting on the sidelines, one must ask, even with the injury to LT, why this talented team has failed for the past three years.

Just how many more years does this team have before its window of opportunity closes for good?

At 14-2 just two years ago, with Marty Schottenheimer at the helm, the foundation was definitely in place for a quality run at the Super Bowl for many years to come.

So they fired the head coach, brought in an offensive coordinator with a losing coaching record, and then the dominoes started to fall.

Also, they let the best blocking back in the league, in fullback Lorenzo Neil, go to the Baltimore Ravens.

The Ravens are now among the rushing elite in the National Football League, and are also in the hunt for a date in Tampa.

Now, with a haphazard patchwork offensive line, management expected Tomlinson to once again win the rushing title. The front office also let the best backup running back in the league, Michael Turner, go off to Atlanta, where he had a Pro Bowl year as their premier running back.

Also, they forgot to get a suitable replacement for Turner, who was San Diego man when it came to running in-between the tackles.

For some reason, they believe a 5'6", 180-pound Darren Sproles could fill that need.

I've heard a lot of talk that the Chargers should get what they can for Tomlinson now and draft a future running back, but that is plain ridiculous!

Tomlinson has at least three more great years left, and what he needs is for someone to throw a block for him somewhere. Then keep Lil' Lightning, Darren Sproles, for his specialty roles that he performs so well.

I can only hope that the members of the Chargers' management pulls their heads out of their rectums this offseason, so they can do something besides waiting for these two to take the ball and run for their lives. That, as you can see, is how you get hurt....

Also, don't even get me started on that defense!

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