LT no longer a Charger

[pstall]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-chargers-tomlinsonreleased&prov=ap&type=lgns

The slashing, dazzling runs came less frequently. The yards didn’t pile up as easily as in previous seasons.

[pstall]

doh, this was buried on the Panthers forum...

[R0CKnR0LLA]

On top of things as usual pstall.

[rico6]

The Bulls can cut Jordan, the Chargers can damn sure cut LT.

A shame he'll probably never get the ring.

[blackcatgrowl]

During LT's heyday, Michael Turner was the every-down guy. LT just got all the glory because he was the goal-line man.

Dumbass Norv Turner sent Michael to ATL, and LT's production immediately declined. Just another stupid decision by Norv Turner.

Had Phillip Rivers not proven he's the real deal, SD wouldn't have made it to the playoffs the past couple years. In fact, if they were in any other division in the AFC (Raiders and Chiefs = 4 wins a season), they would be lucky to be wild-card contenders.

Had they managed to keep Turner, then I bet they would have made it to the Superbowl.

[thefuzz]

During LT's heyday, Michael Turner was the every-down guy. LT just got all the glory because he was the goal-line man.

Dumbass Norv Turner sent Michael to ATL, and LT's production immediately declined. Just another stupid decision by Norv Turner.

Had Phillip Rivers not proven he's the real deal, SD wouldn't have made it to the playoffs the past couple years. In fact, if they were in any other division in the AFC (Raiders and Chiefs = 4 wins a season), they would be lucky to be wild-card contenders.

Had they managed to keep Turner, then I bet they would have made it to the Superbowl.

MT was not the every down guy in SD ever in his career there. LT was by far and away the best back on that team, until 2008 season. Please don't spout that kind of crap. Go and look up his attempts per season.

Secondly, Norv does not make roster moves on the team, that is GM AJ Smiths job....and to add to that, AJ and Norv wanted to keep MT, ownership made them retain LT.

[blackcatgrowl]

First off, I never said Turner was the "better" back. He was a workhorse that spelled LT in 2nd, 3rd down (and often 1st down) situations, which kept LT fresh and able to pull off the big plays. So please don't accuse me of claiming crap I haven't claimed.

Secondly... in 2006, LT's best year, Turner had these stats (in just 13 starts):

Attempts = 80 Yards = 502 Avg. Per carry = 6.3 TD = 2

LT's stats were:

Attempts = 348 Yards = 1,815 Avg. per carry = 5.2 TD = 28

So, roughly, 1 out of every three attempts were Turner... and only 2 TDs to show for it... now... does that sound like an every-down runner or a premier back to you?

And if you think Norv Turner or AJ Smith didn't have a hand in MT leaving, I'll be glad to point you to this article:

http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/20070330-1744-fbn-chargers-turner.html

In that article, Smith is actually dictating the terms in which he would like to have Turner traded... and this was a year before he was actually traded. They didn't want to keep MT...