Yardbarker: Mike Scifres

Steelers-Chargers Injury Report

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:14:43 -0500

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS: Out Nick Hardwick, C – ankle Antwan Applewhite, OLB – hamstring Travis Johnson, DE – groin Questionable Shawne Merriman, OLB – groin Probable Antoine Cason, CB – groin Mike Scifres, P – groin Ladainian Tomlinson, RB – ankle Louis Vasquez, G – knee PITTSBURGH STEELERS: Out David Johnson, TE – ankle Troy Polamalu, S – knee Doubtful Willie [...]

Scifres, Lechler friendly competition

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:32:04 -0500

*Chargers punter Mike Scifres and Raiders punter Shane Lechler are widely regarded as the top two players at their position. The two are fierce...

The worst-case punting scenario for JerryWorld

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:28:26 -0500

Only seven percent of the punts during Friday night's JerryWorld opener made contact with the digital board, but that's enough to make it a major issue for the league's competition committee. And it should be. Figure that only a handful of punts would hit the Jerrytron this season. What if one or two of those makes a major difference in that game? Picture this scenario: In the Dec. 13 game between the Chargers and Cowboys, a couple of teams jockeying for playoff position in the...

For free-agent kicker, minicamp is a tryout – for another tryout

Sun, 03 May 2009 04:00:00 -0500

CHARGERS REPORT: The Chargers gave him jersey No. 1. It could stand for Louie Sakoda's one chance in, say, a half-million of beating out kicker Nate Kaeding and/or punter Mike Scifres.

Chargers? Season Ends on Heinz Field

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:54:24 -0500

The Chargers' five game winning streak came to an end, as they were knocked out of the playoffs by the Pittsburgh Steelers at a snowy Heinz Field, Jennifer Reyes writes.

Sproles Will Cash In This Off-Season!

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:25:02 -0500

In Saturday's game against the Colts, Sproles had 105 yards rushing, 45 yards receiving, and 2 touchdowns. He also added 178 yards off 7 total returns. For this effort, John Madden gave Darren the player of the game, along with Scifres, the Chargers' punter who had a few key kicks. While Coach Turner has been saying that Scifres deserves to go to the Pro Bowl, Sproles is the one who will get the big reward this off-season. Read more by following the link. Get all the iPhone Spor...

NFL Wildcard Award

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:16:16 -0500

Wow You Guys Suck: Minnesota's Punt Coverage, A second after FOX threw up a stat which said the Vikings gave up the most punt return touchdowns of all time, they gave up a 62 yard return. All in all the Vikings gave up over 20 yards per return. Runners Up: Michael Turner got a solid 2.3 yards per carry, Mr. Jackson went 15 for 35.

This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Chadwick Pennington, Sorry Chad but the ride is over. Your storybook season was over and now it's back to the reality that you don't have the arm to get it done against a big time defense. Runners Up: the refs shouldn't so blatantly give one team a win in overtime, the Edge should really shut up when he is getting a lot of carries again.

Cough Cough Cough: The Colts, You were the visitors so you got to call the coin flip and you failed. And because of this your season is over. Tails never Fails man. Runners Up: the Falcons decided to hand over their lead to the Cardinals, Patrick Cobbs fumbled away the Ravens 1st offensive touchdwon.

The Shocker: Darren Sproles, I thought he would contribute to this game cause I thought LT could go down, but who thought he would end up with the 3rd most yards in the history of playoff games? Runners Up: Boldin catches a 71 yard touchdown pass as he blasts down the sideline but he's hurt?, the Eagles ran Westbrook 20 times despite him gaining 38 yards.

The Pimp: Mike Scifres, Who knew the punter would be the best player all week. 6 Punts total. 6 punts inside the 20. An average of 52.7 yards per kick. That's field position. Runners Up: Ed Reed is a dominator, the Ravens turnover machine that is their defense.

You Got Jakked Up: Chad Pennington's Storybook, 4 interceptions is certainly the smash of the slipper at midnight.

New York Jets MVP: Nobody, Playoffs!!!

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Mike Scifres: Punting To Glory

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:04:04 -0500

So, as exciting as Darren Sproles was, this game was a game because of Mike Scifres. Scifres: "I don't know if you can dream a game like this." Me neither Mike, me neither.

Fraudulent MVP Pey-Pey’s Long Hair Fails Him and Other Wild Kardkkake Moments

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:16:09 -0500

YOU CAN?T BEAT PEYTON WITH LONG HAIR! HE?S LIKE SAMSON! Well, after the first day of playoff games, in which the Colts are one-and-done yet again, Edgerrin James and Mike Scifres are quixotically your two standout performers. Yes, the two division winners from the weakest divisions beat out two ...

Chargers Win An Instant Classic

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:20:28 -0500

Darren Sproles and Mike Scifres won?t need to buy a drink in San Diego. The Bolts gave the ball to Sproles, all 5?6? of him, and the guy ran past the Colts and led the way right to either Nashville or Pittsburgh. 328 total yards in a variety of roles. Fitting he took the rock into the ...

Why Being A Broncos Fan Is Better Than Being A Chargers Fan

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:19:04 -0500

10 reasons why being a Broncos fan is better than being a Chargers 1. Jay Cutler and Philip Rivers may not belong on the cover of GQ, but at least Cutler doesn?t look like Sloth from The Philip Rivers 2. The city of San Diego has hosted the Super Bowl two more ...

Broncos V. Chargers Preview

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:27:42 -0500

The last time the Broncos played the Chargers in Denver, they lost 41-3. I was at that massacre and I basically witnessed a funeral procession as fans left the stadium at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Remembering that game and the game in

AFC playoff preview: Colts vs Chargers

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:17:07 -0500

... It's from the perspective of those five games that I make the following observations about the Indy-SD postseason divisional round matchup...

Next Up: Bears vs. Chargers

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:04:45 -0500

The week one matchup between the Bears and San Diego Chargers. Possibly a preview of Super XLII.