High Boltage: A San Diego Chargers Franchise

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WELCOME TO THE 2011 NFL DRAFT

The San Diego Chargers are a team to watch in this upcoming draft as they have Two picks in each of the first four rounds and 10 in total. Coming off a disappointing 5-11 season, the Chargers are a wild card in this draft. With so many picks, will the team look to add offense or solidify a Defense in need of rebuilding? Stay tuned to see which direction the San Diego Chargers new management and staff will head.

FIRST ROUND

San Diego Chargers Select DE Cameron Heyward from Ohio State with their First First Round Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft


San Diego Chargers Select CB Janoris Jenkins from Florida with their Second First Round Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft

SECOND ROUND


San Diego Chargers Select MLB Kelvin Shepphard from LSU with their First Second Round Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft


San Diego Chargers Select C Mike Pouncey from Florida with their Second Second Round Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft

THIRD ROUND


San Diego Chargers Select WR Ronald Johnson from USC with their First Third Round Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft


San Diego Chargers Select OLB JT Thomas from West Virginia with their Second Third Round Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft

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FOURTH ROUND


San Diego Chargers Select FB/TB Stanley Havili from USC with their First Pick in the 4th Round


San Diego Chargers Select DE/OLB Sam Acho from Texas with their Second Pick in the 4th Round

FIFTH ROUND


San Diego Chargers select WR Vincent Brown from San Diego State with their 5th round Pick

SIXTH ROUND


San Diego Chargers Select LB Keo Camat from oregon State with their Sixth Round Pick

2011 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS DRAFT RECAP

First Round – Cameron Heyward (LE) Ohio State
First Round – Janoris Jenkins (CB) Florida
Second Round – Kelvin Sheppard (MLB) LSU
Second Round – Mike Pouncey ( C) Florida
Third Round – Ronald Johnson (WR) USC
Third Round – JT Thomas (ROLB) West Virginia
Fourth Round – Stanley Havili (FB/TB) USC
Fourth Round – Sam Acho (RE/OLB) Texas
Fifth Round – Vincent Brown (WR) SDSU
Sixth Round – Keo Camat (LOLB) Oregon State

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Chargers Front Office Very Pleased With Draft Results



San Diego - The Chargers front office, coming off a disappointing 2010 season feel they made significant strides to rebuild the franchise through this years NFL Draft. The Chargers used their first pick of the first round, Fourth Overall, to tag Ohio States DE Cameron Heyward as the future of the Defensive Line. Heyward will start opposite Luis Castillo with the departure of Jacques Cesaire and bring a much needed pass rush to the Chargers Defensive Line, which has been severely lacking in that department the past few seasons.

With Quentin Jammer aging a possible move to Safety on the Horizon, the Chargers added Florida Gators Cornerback Janoris Jenkins with their second pick in the first round. Jenkins will most likely start as the Nickel back in his first year if he beats out incumbents Fred Bennett and Donald Strickland. Although the potential is there for stardom, Coach Shottenheimer is not yet ready to start him over Jammer or Antoine Cason who really broke out last season replacing former Pro Bowl Corner back Antonio Cromartie.

Moving to the Second Round, the Chargers continued to rebuild their defense selecting Line backer Kelvin Shepphard out of LSU. Shepphard, a Middle Lineback in San Diego's 3-4 base defense will look to add depth behind Starter Stephen Cooper. The Second Middle Linebacker will be a battle between Shepphard and last years draft pick Donald Butler from Washington who missed the entire season due to an injury suffered during last seasons training camp. Also in the mix is special teams demon and run stuffer, Brandon Siler who saw most of the action last year rotating with Kevin Burnett who has since left via Free Agency in the off season.

The Chargers addressed needs with the Offensive Line with their second pick of the second round selecting Mike Pouncey out of Florida. With this pick, the belief is that the team is down on current starter Nick Hardwick who's play has dropped off considerably ever since his injury. Pouncey is not expected to start but is considered to be the future of the franchise with Nick Hardwicks contract coming to an end soon. As of now, there is no word if Pouncey can or will be moved to another position on the Offensive Line.

Starting off the third round, the Chargers selected big time wide out Ronald "RoJo" Johnson out of the University of Southern California. When asked about the selection Johnson stated "I am very pleased to be joining the Chargers, but very mad at being in the 3rd round, you better believe I will make the rest of the league pay". Johnson is a big time player who will be looked to fill the shoes of Vincent Jackson (now in San Francisco). Joining Johnson out of USC is fullback/tailback Stanley Havili. Havili, picked in the fourth round is another playmaker who San Diego is very excited to have. Rumor has it FB Mike Tolbert will move to RB and provide more power to the game following up Ryan Mathews and Reggie Bush. With Tolbert on the move, Havili and Hester will battle out for the starting fullback job. Havili has the speed and hands to possibly line up in the slot or as an H-Back. He is dangerous no matter where he is on the field and will require serious attention from Defensive coordinators.

Another big time playmaker coming to the Chargers out of SDSU is WR Vincent Brown. Brown, no stranger to Qualcomm stadium is ecstatic about the opportunity. Brown's big time ability may have been overlooked since he was not from a big time university when you think of football talent, although San Diego State has produced many NFL players. Rounding out the Chargers draft class were LB's Keo Camat from Oregon State, JT Thomas from West Virginia, and Sam Acho from Texas. Acho, a DE in college will be a hybrid in the Chargers 3-4 defense rotating between down lineman and outside linebacker.

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CHARGERS FILL ROSTER WITH FREE AGENTS


San Diego Chargers sign QB Josh Johnson to a 1 year deal


San Diego Chargers sign QB Matt Leinart to a 2 year deal


San Diego Charers sign veteran Guard Floyd Womack to a 1 year contract


San Diego Chargers sign veteran DT Tony Hargrove to a 1 year contract

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EAGLES SOAR OVER CHARGERS IN PRE SEASON OPENER

NFL Scoreboard - Chargers (0-1) at Eagles (1-0)

August 13, 2011 1 2 3 4 F Chargers 7 14 0 3 24 Eagles 21 0 3 10 34 Top Performers Chargers - Stats J. Maclin - 5 REC, 90 YDS A. Samuel - 6 Tackles, 2 INT Eagles - Stats R. Bush - 2 ATT, 38 YDS, 1 TD, 4 REC, 63 YDS P. Rivers - 16 of 23, 141 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT

Team Stats Comparison SD PHI First Downs 15 9 3rd Down Efficiency 36% 43% 4th Down Efficiency 0% 0% Total Yards 505 390 Passing Yards 256 190 Rushing Yards 76 105 Penalties-Penalty Yards 3-33 4-16 Turnovers 4 0 Time of Possession 24:24 15:36

Scoring Summary First Quarter SD PHI PHI 8:48 M. Patterson, returned fumble 8 yards. (D. Akers kick) 0 7 PHI 4:47 T. Laws, returned fumble 42 yards (D. Akers kick) 0 14 SD 0:21 R. Bush, 40 yard run (N. Kaeding kick) 7 14 PHI 0:09 D. Jackson 76 yard pass from M. Vick (D. Akers kick) 7 21 Second Quarter SD PHI SD 2:56 R. Mathews 20 yard pass from P. Rivers (N. Kaeding kick) 14 21 SD 0:52 S. Havili 6 yard pass from P. Rivers (N. Kaeding kick) 21 21 Third Quarter SD PHI PHI 6:20 D. Akers, 35 yard FG 21 24 Fourth Quarter SD PHI SD 5:55 N. Kaeding 30 yard FG 24 24 PHI 3:44 L. McCoy, 43 yard run (D. Akers kick) 24 31 PHI 0:23 D. Akers, 47 yard FG 24 34

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Michael Vick Connects on a long TD pass to WR DeSean Jackson



Philip Rivers connects with FB Stanley Havili for his first NFL Pre Season TD

Philadelphia - The San Diego Chargers got off to a slow start allowing 21 points in the first quarter to the Eagles last night. Fourteen of the points came off fumbles by QB Philip Rivers which were returned for touchdowns. The first TD came from a forced fumble sack by DT Michael Patterson who also recovered the fumble for an 8 yard touchdown. The second touchdown was scored by DT Trevor Laws who returned his for 42 yards. The Eagles were able to dominate the Chargers offensive line early in the first quarter which forced the Chargers to adjust their schemes and play calling.

Due to the pressure of the Eagles defense, the Chargers resorted to short slant routes and screen passes. Late in the first quarter, on a jail break blitz, Philip Rivers was able to pitch the ball out to running back Reggie Bush who took the ball 40 yards to the house to bring the Chargers within one score of tying the Philadelphia Eagles. This however did not last long as the very first play from scrimage after kickoff, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick hit WR DeSean Jackson on a 76 yard go route burning veteran CB Quentin Jammer putting the Eagles up 21-7.

Moving into the second quarter, after a long 12 play drive, Philip Rivers hit running back Ryan Matthews with a dump off check down pass in which Mathews broke two tackles and took the ball 20 yards to pay dirt once again pulling the Chargers within one touchdown at 21-14.

Late in the second quarter, the Chargers utilized their two minute offense which led to a game tying touchdown on a 6 yard TD Pass from QB Philip Rivers to rookie FB Stanley Havili. Havili scored his first NFL Touchdown on the play and was left wide open by the Eagles defense.

Both kickers added field goals of their own to bring the score to 24-24 in the fourth quarter. The score remained this way until Eagles RB LeSean McCoy broke a run for 43 yards which was the eventual game winning score as this put the Eagles ahead 31-24. David Akers later added another FG putting the score at 34-24 which was the final.

Chargers rookie stats for Game 1

Rookie Stats

Stanley Havili – 1 carry for 3 yards, 4 Rec for 18 yards, 1 TD
Vincent Brown – 2 rec, 53 yards
Michael Pouncey – 1 sack allowed
Cameron Heyward – 4 solo tackles
Kelvin Sheppard – 2 solo tackles, 1 assisted
Sam Acho – 2 solo tackles, 1 pass deflected
Janoris Jenkins, 2 solo tackles, 1 assisted
JT Thomas -1 solo tackle
Ronald Johnson – 2 Kick Returns for 38 yards ,3 Punt Returns for 24 yards

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RAIDERS SEND CHARGERS TO PRE-SEASON 0-2

NFL Scoreboard - Chargers (0-2) at Raiders (1-1)

August 20, 2011 1 2 3 4 F Chargers 3 10 0 0 13 Raiders 3 0 7 13 23 Top Performers Chargers - Stats R. Johnson - 129 Returning yards A. Applewhite - 7 Tackles, 2 Forced fumbles, Fumble recovery Raiders - Stats E. Royster - 15 Carries, 130 yards, 1 TD T. Scott - 5 Sacks, 8 Solo Tackles

Team Stats Comparison SD OAK First Downs 11 14 3rd Down Efficiency 31% 41% 4th Down Efficiency 0% 0% Total Yards 397 385 Passing Yards 135 126 Rushing Yards 66 168 Penalties-Penalty Yards 6-67 3-20 Turnovers 3 1 Time of Possession 30:50 29:10

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*Game simmed due to playing them 2 times in the regular season already

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Do you plan to incorporate Josh Johnson into some plays possibly?

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Quote: Originally Posted by Domino606

Do you plan to incorporate Josh Johnson into some plays possibly?

Yes, haven't messed around too much but if the game allows me, wildcat formation is a possibility. Maybe use him in some option plays a la Vince Young in Tennessee in short yardage situations. Being from San Diego i have a soft spot for JJ even though i hate USD haha.