CHARGERS: Super Bowl or bust

*It's hard to miss Osgood's hair or his work on Chargers special teams* Nick Canepa Kassim Osgood's hair is yellow. Well, maybe it's gold....

Antonio Gates, who has more touchdowns than any player at his position through the first 93 games of his career and could well be headed to the Hall of Fame, finally looks like a tight end. “With the injury, I was in the weight room,” Gates said, smiling and shrugging. “I wanted to make myself a football player.”

The San Diego Chargers has signed first-round pick Larry English to a five-year contract.

San Diego GM wants new mind-set after 2 poor starts The Chargers have learned a thing or two over the last couple of years. Of most importance, flattery gets them nowhere.

According to Tim Graham of the 4-Letter, the Patriots are on the verge of signing veteran signal-caller Cleo Lemon. Lemon is best remembered forbeing the starting QB during much of the 1-15 season for the Dolphins in 2007, and as a 2-year veteran of the NFL All-Food Team.If the Michael Vick to the Patriots weren't dead yet, this should put a nail in that coffin. Lemon would...

After a slow start, San Diego fell just short of the AFC Championship game last season. After ending the regular season 8-8, the Chargers made a strong push in the postseason defeating Indianapolis in overtime, lead by running back Darren Sproles, and coming close to defeating Pittsburgh in the divisional round. San Diego had costly injuries including running back Ladainian Tomlinson...

7th installment of my predictions AFC West 1.San Diego Chargers (11-5) They disappointed a lot of people last year. They were a popular pick for the Super Bowl. Then, Shawn Merriman suffered a season ending injury. Next Ladanian Tomlinson gets hurt, and cannot return to his normal self. They’re lucky that they played in such a weak division [...]

Written by Eric Stashin the Rotoprofessor I’ve already revealed my Top 15 WR (which you can view by clicking here), so let’s take a look at the next ten on my list: 16. Vincent Jackson – San Diego Chargers – Being the top receiver for the team with one of the best QBs in the league surely [...]

Kassim Osgood's hair is yellow. Well, maybe it's gold. Corn? Saffron? Imagine yourself staring into the sun from about 15 miles away, something like that. Think of one of those lights that chase bugs off your porch. He's now The Blond Gunner.

Drew Brees turned 30 this year, still in his prime, but old enough to start pondering how much time is really left for him to win it all.

RT @capeleaguer: ESPN reporting Pats are closing in on a deal for QB Cleo Lemon. # RT @JonCouture: Am I the only person who read Bob Ryan today — http://bit.ly/G15zZ — and wondered whether he forgot to take his meds? # RT @yyzsportsmedia: Michael Bishop completed his first pass as a Bomber. Couldn't tell if he was [...]Twitter Updates for BSMW on 2009-08-01 is...