Yardbarker: Shaun Phillips

Chargers will have Merriman, Phillips

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:35 -0500

Whoever the Broncos put at quarterback, and Friday it appeared it will almost certainly be Chris Simms, the Chargers will be at full strength in their pass rush. Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips, who second and first respectively in sacks for the team, both sat out practice Wednesday nursing minor injuries. The two, however, practiced Thursday [...]

Chargers tied for first

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:19:31 -0500

Shaun Phillips walked off the field, helmet in hand, teammates all around, and yelled something that seemed unfathomable a month ago. “Somebody's tied for first place.” Yep. When are we going to learn? This Chargers team is never finished in October.

Phillips aiming for Super Bowl ring

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:34:16 -0500

Image: http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7372/68422466.jpg SAN DIEGO ---- Shaun Phillips can be a broken record at times, a motivational speaker...

Shaun Phillips won't be charged for April incident

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:18:15 -0500

Chargers linebacker Shaun Phillips had a rough April, accused of punching security guards in separate incidents at San Diego clubs.Phillips was cited for misdemeanor battery for the second incident, but the San Diego city attorney's office said Wednesday that Phillips...

Shaun Phillips Would Really Like to See the Erin Andrews Video

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:17:12 -0500

Shaun Phillips appears to be about a week behind the news, but give the dude credit, he’s trying to catch up. His first order of business is, of course, to watch the Erin Andrews video. I assume after that, at some point, he’ll get around to reading that ESPN is really, really pissed off about said [...]

Shawne Merriman, Shaun Phillips: Twitter Brothers With A Soft Side

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:29:12 -0500

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Do these guys look tough to you? Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips are monsters on the Chargers defense and we are used to seeing them take out QB after QB, but one side you haven’t seen of these two are there sensitive and elegant “Twitter” sides. I’ve been following the two linebackers for quite a while now on Twitter and although their tweets consist mostly of working out and energy drinks, t...

Damn

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:06:30 -0500

That's all I can say is damn. I can't say that the ref cheated us because that's a fine. I can't say that the Broncos didn't win that game because that's being a sore loser. I can't say that it was a mistake that the replay machine wasn't working in the first qtr cause that would be a lie. What I can say is damn damn damn. As a competitor it should never come down to the last play, but it did and we let it slip away. We can say that we should have won because the ref messed up a call and admitted it but at the end of the day we should never give up 39pts as a defense. I'm still proud of all my guys - they played their hearts out and left it all on the field. There are a few positives that come out of this. One is that the Giants started 0 and 2 last year, and two is that we started 1 and 4 last year. It's all good, our backs are against the walls, time to come out swinging. Ain't no punks on this team and we will show you better than we can tell you. SP

2nd Annual Football Camp

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:37:35 -0500

This was the 2nd year for my football camp in my hometown - Willingboro, NJ. About 150 kids ages 14 to 18 showed up for the camp from all the surrounding schools. It was a free camp to help kids with the fundamentals of football and also to give them hope and show them that if I can do it so can they. 1st of all I gotta give gatorade, nike, sports paradise, willingboro high school, and kareem mckenzie (starting right tackle for the superbowl champs) for helping out and believing in the same cause. much love. I'm going 2 do this for many years to come and make sure it gets bigger and bigger every year. My goal is to actually help these kids on and off the field.

Salary cap on rookie salaries

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:15:28 -0500

I think they gotta stop somewhere with this. I love that everyone is making money but its starting to get rediculous how much money unproven players are getting before they take a snap. There are future hall of famers that are not making as much in there entire carrier as these kids are making in one check. I think the nfl should take some notes from the nba on caping rookies. If you think about it most rookies don't really come into there own until 4th our 5th yr anyway. So just imagen how much there second contract will b if they where 2 play there whole 50mil contract out it makes u wanna laugh huh. My final note is more power to them cause I want everyone to get all the money in the world cause imma get mine. Sp95

Giving back to the kids

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:10:30 -0500

What's goin on, Yardbarkers? Just dropping by for a minute to let you know about a program I've been involved with for a while now call After-School All-Stars. Last year I donated $1,000to them for every sack I made and ended up giving $8500. In an hour or so I'll be at an event here in SD, handing over a check to this great program. Check out the link, it'll take you to a radio interview I did yesterday where I talk about today's event. I'll be bringing my camera along today, so hopefully I'll have some footage up here soon for ya'll to see. I'm planning on doing a lot more video posts in general, so let me know if you have any good ideas for those. SP shaunphillips.net

Free agency and NFL gossip

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:21:17 -0500

I'm on my way back from Cabo from a business seminar. It was crazy and I learned a lot about how money works. I also learned a lot about being 26 and in a spring break environment. I was sitting in club after club watching these lil kids go crazy, and thinking back 2 when I used 2 go crazy like that. Those were the good days. On a side note, there were a lot of good pickups around the league, and a lot of money being tossed around. Free agency is a great thing because when you're one of the premier players in the league teams have 2 pay a premium for you. They hate it but it is what it is. Some players get overpaid, some players get underpaid. At the end of the day, it's all about what your peers think of you. The money is great but the respect of you peers will last a lot longer than your money because you never know what can happen. Seeing all the NFL gossip in the news has me eagerly awaiting the offseason workout because then I know that the season is getting a lil closer. That's all I have for you guys. Feel free to ask me some questions. I'm in town for a few days so ill be able answer. God bless and vote Obama in '08. -SP

The Importance of Staying Focused

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:48:54 -0500

A game like this only comes along once in your career. It's so important that you stay focused on seizing the moment. I try and ease my mind of thinking about the game but its impossible, I just can't stop thinking about kicking some ass. LT reads us a poem before every season. The name of the poem is "The Inner Voice". Everytime I think about it I get gassed up and ready to fight lol. The bottom line is that I'm ready for Sunday. And I know that my team is also. So tune in, it's going to be a dog fight (no offense Vick). "Every athlete has an inner voice of pride. It is the voice only athletes can hear, pushing them to the brink of exhaustion, demanding excellence and condemning failure. Failure, understand is the driving force behind athletes. Every athlete has experienced failure and now train so they will not experience it again... So when failure laughs in my face as I try to earn the respect of that last repetition, it must realize... each time I train, I not only hear, I answer ... the inner voice." SP

Getting ready for the big game

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:21:05 -0500

I'm on the plane trying stay calm because I feel like I wanna go rip somebody's head off. I can't think of nothing that I would rather be doing than playing football on Sunday. This will be a fun game. The stage is set - we are the underdogs going into a hostile environment where no one expects us to win except us. Everywhere you turn it's "there is no way the Chargers can do it","they're in over the heads", "they are lucky to even be on the same field as the Colts". That's the kind of stuff that makes the game more fun and exciting. I think the game will come down to defense. It's all about whose D plays the best. We are not expecting to see number 18 throw 6 interceptions again, though it would be great if that could happen again. The fact of the matter is we have to play 60 min of football in order to beat this team and me and the guys are all fired up. The hard part right now is relaxing and bottling up all of our energy so we can let it all out on Sunday. Talk to you guys next week. SP

1st day of Yardbarker

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:41:37 -0500

I'm excited that I get to post my first blog on Yardbarker. The season is now at a close for most teams and we are coming off our first playoff win in 13 years. It seems as if everyone in the world is more excited about our win than us. Maybe it's because we know that winning 1 playoff game is not the goal...the goal is to be that team standing in Feb. That is the only team that's going to be happy at the end of the day. I see a different mind set from me and from every one of my teammates this year. Guys seem a lot more hungry this year as opposed to last year. I think it's because we are realizing that next year is not promised, so why not take care of business this year. Well now it's time for me to get back to studying film on the Colts. Leave me a comment if you have any questions or just wanna say hey. Go Chargers shaunphillips.net