Two months separate the start of NFL free agency. For the Chargers' decision makers, it begins with a game of 20 questions. Twenty players are scheduled to become free agents March 13 at 1 p.m. PST, a long list composed of 12 offensive and seven defensive players and one special teamer. Sixteen of the players will be unrestricted free agents, barring the usage of a franchise...

The Chargers bolstered their linebacker depth by swapping injury-impaired ILB Stephen Cooper with former Cardinals standout Gerald Hayes. Will Hayes allow the Chargers to give Takeo Spikes some rest? Can he help a run defense that was embarrassed by Denver in Week 5? For more, we check in with AZRedReport.com publisher Brad Wilbricht.

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The Chargers finally decided they couldn't wait for Stephen Cooper any longer, placing the inside linebacker on injured reserve and signing fellow ninth-year veteran Gerald Hayes to take his place.

The San Diego Chargers say they will place inside linebacker Stephen Cooper on season-ending injured reserve on Wednesday with a biceps injury.

The San Diego Chargers say they will place inside linebacker Stephen Cooper on season-ending injured reserve on Wednesday with a biceps injury.

The San Diego Chargers say they will place inside linebacker Stephen Cooper on season-ending injured reserve on Wednesday with a biceps injury. Cooper was hurt in an exhibition game on Aug. 21. Coach Norv Turner originally said Cooper would have surgery, but he ended up playing in the first five games. To take his roster spot, the Chargers signed inside linebacker Gerald Hayes...

The San Diego Chargers say they will place inside linebacker Stephen Cooper on season-ending injured reserve on Wednesday with a biceps injury. Cooper was hurt in an exhibition game on Aug. 21. Coach Norv Turner originally said Cooper would have surgery, but he ended up playing in the first five games.

The San Diego Chargers placed linebacker Stephen Cooper on injured reserve with a biceps injury. The Chargers also signed linebacker Gerald Hayes to fill the vacated roster spot. Cooper has been playing through a torn muscle this season but decided that surgery was the best course of action to fix the problem. The nine-year veteran had 43 tackles while starting 12 games last season.

In late August, veteran Chargers linebacker Stephen Cooper suffered a torn biceps.  Despite initial reports that he’d be placed on injured reserve, Cooper tried to play with the injury. And Cooper indeed played, appearing in all five games.  But the Chargers have now placed him on injured reserve.  The team announced the move. He has…

The San Diego Chargers placed linebacker Stephen Cooper on the reserve-injured list with a biceps injury and signed veteran linebacker Gerald Hayes on Tuesday.

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After earlier reports that the San Diego Chargers would release veteran linebacker Stephen Cooper on Tuesday, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Cooper has will be placed on injured reserve with a torn right biceps. Veteran linebacker Gerald Hayes has agreed to terms to replace Cooper on the 53-man roster. In 94 games over the last eight seasons, Hayes has 428...

The San Diego Chargers have informed veteran linebacker Stephen Cooper that he will be released, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Cooper, 32, has spent his entire nine-year career with the Chargers, who signed the University of Maine product as an undrafted free agent in 2003. In 125 games, and 63 starts, Cooper has 502 tackles, 9.5 quarterback sacks and eight interceptions...

For the second straight year, the San Diego Chargers have lost a touted rookie middle linebacker to injury. Jonas Mouton, 23, was placed on injured reserve Wednesday for a shoulder injury sustained in the final preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers. Safety Paul Oliver, who played for the Chargers from 2007 to 2010, was signed to a one-year contract in a corresponding move...

Cut day is coming in San Diego. Chargers players now can only wait. The four-part preseason series closed Thursday night at Qualcomm Stadium in expected fashion, as a full-strength San Francisco 49ers offense cruised past a defense missing its most valuable front-seven pieces, and the Chargers' reserves showed life late in a 20-17 loss. Running back Ryan Mathews had a 56-yard...

The San Diego Chargers signed former Houston Texans linebacker Kevin Bentley to a one-year deal. Bentley is a former backup who was acquired just in case the Chargers place Stephen Cooper on injured reserve with a torn biceps. "I don't think it'll be hard to adjust to the defense," Bentley told San Diego reporters. "I've run a little 3-4 in college, but...

The San Diego Chargers have added some veteran depth at inside linebacker. Kevin Bentley, a 10-year veteran who has spent the last three seasons with the Texans, has signed a one-year deal with the Chargers. The move to add Bentley comes after fellow inside linebacker Stephen Cooper suffered a torn right biceps in Sunday’s preseason…

The San Diego Chargers signed linebacker Kevin Bentley to a one-year deal on Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Chargers may be looking for insurance in the wake of Stephen Cooper's torn right biceps injury. Cooper suffered his injury during Sunday's preseason victory over the Dallas Cowboys. A 10-year veteran, Bentley collected 55 tackles and one...

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A day after head coach Norv Turner said linebacker Stephen Cooper would require surgery and be sidelined for two to three months and, it appears Cooper will try to keep playing despite a torn biceps according to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. “I told them, ‘Let me go out there and do it,’ ” Cooper said Tuesday. “I said, ‘If you don’t feel like I’m doing my job...

Florio wrote earlier this morning about Stephen Cooper, the Chargers linebacker who will try to play through a torn biceps muscle. Cooper won’t be the only one. Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson has been rehabbing his torn biceps for a few weeks and still hope to play in the season opener. He returned to a limited…

On Monday, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that linebacker Stephen Cooper would be placed on injured reserve with a torn biceps muscle, and Acee declared that Cooper’s Chargers career is over. Cooper’s response?  Not so fast. Cooper plans to try to play with the injury that originally was going to knock him…

San Diego Chargers backup inside linebacker Stephen Cooper said Tuesday that he will try to play with a torn right biceps.

Chargers.com has reported that Stephen Cooper tore his biceps in the Sunday night game against Dallas. This injury comes less than two weeks after the team re-signed Cooper somewhat unexpectedly. He is now expected to miss two to three months minimum. Although he likely would  not have started, it is still a big loss for the team in terms of veteran leadership.