ANTONIO GATES RUMORS

San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates could end up looking for a new job, since he’s scheduled to receive a $6.4 million option bonus this offseason and a $4 million salary for the 2012 season. The 31 year-old Gates is obviously on the back end of his career and might be given the option of taking a pay cut or being released by the Chargers. One of the most alarming things...

Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez re-defined how people think about the position. Gonzalez’s athleticism and great hands–he was just as good of a basketball player for the California Bears– allowed the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons to use him as a pass-catching threat, not just an edge blocker. Gonzalez is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, an honor which...

Though he will shortly surpass Charlie Joiner as the Chargers’ career receptions leader, Antonio Gates is also closing in on Antonio Gates.

Antonio Gates is five catches away from breaking Charlie Joiner's San Diego Chargers team record for receptions. Joiner is convinced the record couldn't be headed for better hands. Gates has 582 career catches going into Sunday night's home game against the Baltimore Ravens and their tough defense. Joiner had 586 catches from 1976-86, the final 11 seasons of his 18-year NFL career...

Amidst the fallout from the Chargers' three-game losing streak comes news that one team source hasn't been particularly impressed with the tight end, saying, "It’s harsh to say, but he looks old and fat.”

San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates and wide receiver Malcom Floyd returned to practice on Saturday, two days before the team's AFC West showdown against the Kansas City Chiefs. Gates, who is listed as probable, has been hobbled by an injured foot throughout the season. He returned to action last week in a 27-21 loss to the New York Jets, reeling in five catches for 54...

San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates said he will return to the lineup in Week 7. Gates, who has been battling plantar fascia, has sat out the past three games. He tore scar tissue in his right foot in the second game of the season. Gates, who had eight receptions in Week 1 and did not have a catch in Week 2, said he had planned all along to be back after the Chargers'...

San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates is considering sitting out three to five weeks to rest his injured foot and avoid a repeat of last season, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Tuesday. According to the report, Gates is scheduled to meet with specialists this week regarding the torn scar tissue that had built up in his right foot. A year ago, Gates missed the last six...

After the Chargers’ season-opening win against the Vikings, it appeared as if Antonio Gates was back. Two weeks later, it appears as if being “back” has a whole new meaning.  Gates foot injury could hamper him for the rest of the season ... and career.

San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates, already ruled out of Sunday's game, has a tear in his foot that could keep him on the sidelines. ESPN reported Sunday that Gates is believed to have a tear in the plantar fascia tendon that limited him for most of last season. After missing practice Wednesday and Thursday, he participated in an abbreviated session Friday. A year...