5th March 2003, 6:57 PM
In all my years of being a fan, I can't remember the Chargers ever going out and making a big free agent signing. Bobby "Im a Super Genius" Beathard never wanted to spend money on a talented, proven player. He preferred to trade all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks for a bajillion 7ths. Then he would draft no names and if they ended being good, he was looked on as the best GM in football. And when none of these picks ever worked, well, they were no names to begin with. Then after Beathard fired Boss Ross, the best coach I ever remember the Chargers having, we went through the sad years that I don't want to even think about.
But things turned around when they made John Butler the new GM, and he brought over Doug Flutie and Marcellus Wiley from Buffalo. And he made a fantastic trade so the Bolts could draft Drew Brees and LaDainian Tomlinson, addressing both of their biggest offensive needs. Vick is good, but I'll take 2 stars over on anyday. Then last year he added Marty Schottenheimer, a coach who I've always respected even. They still had a problem at reciever.
And then today they signed David Boston! BOOM! This is definently one of the best offenses in football now. Now Brees finally has someone to throw at, and opposing teams can't load the line with 9 guys to stop LT. I was already getting excited about Eric Parker, but I don't think he's good enough yet to be the number 1 reciever. Now he doesn't have to be. Admittedly I'm worried about Boston's problems, but the Chargers are so conservative that I can't imagine they would spend the money on him unless they were sure all that was behind him.
They still have some serious problems at defense, especially after releasing Rodney Harrison, but now I'm confident they'll address that problem as well. I can't wait for August!
But things turned around when they made John Butler the new GM, and he brought over Doug Flutie and Marcellus Wiley from Buffalo. And he made a fantastic trade so the Bolts could draft Drew Brees and LaDainian Tomlinson, addressing both of their biggest offensive needs. Vick is good, but I'll take 2 stars over on anyday. Then last year he added Marty Schottenheimer, a coach who I've always respected even. They still had a problem at reciever.
And then today they signed David Boston! BOOM! This is definently one of the best offenses in football now. Now Brees finally has someone to throw at, and opposing teams can't load the line with 9 guys to stop LT. I was already getting excited about Eric Parker, but I don't think he's good enough yet to be the number 1 reciever. Now he doesn't have to be. Admittedly I'm worried about Boston's problems, but the Chargers are so conservative that I can't imagine they would spend the money on him unless they were sure all that was behind him.
They still have some serious problems at defense, especially after releasing Rodney Harrison, but now I'm confident they'll address that problem as well. I can't wait for August!
