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Originally Posted by BillJasper
I wonder how people can forget that Gates played a number of years with Tomlinson in the backfield and Davis has Gore. Players that make/made defenses respect play-action.
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They also seem to forget that for years, San Diego had worse than zero talent at wide receiver. Teams could focus on Gates because they definitely didn't need to worry about their wide receivers. All of those years that Gates led the team in receptions, Tomlinson was #2 in receptions. I don't think a defense ever wondered just how they were going to cover Keenen McCardell or Eric Parker.