Thx Foxsports for letting me know your garbage, LT #4 on hotseat

[Gringosuave]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/pgStory?contentId=8308798#sport=NFL&photo=8308378

that is the biggest reach all offseason

[Nomad]

Most of his picks are garbage.

[SDFaiderHater]

i dunno if hes on the hotseat, but you gotta admit he passed the hat of team leader to philip with the sulking.

[PRFan217]

wow, that is ridiculous. he has to run for 200 yards on a bad knee to restore his image? I don't even get how people can say such a thing. that is absurd.

[bercomm]

Well that settles it, we MUST cut LT because some fat sportswrtiter (probably eating a cream puff) says that LT is a cream puff. Let's just cut LT and hand the reigns (and any hope for a Superbowl) over to Sproles. That idiot writer is probably a Patriots fan.

[BeWaReDaBoLt]

i dunno if hes on the hotseat, but you gotta admit he passed the hat of team leader to philip with the sulking.

How can he pass his hat over when both of them have the hat for team leader. Rivers is the QB/Commander he tells people were to be. I don't mean anything by it but it seems like your post is saying that Rivers was never a team leader.

[RAWDOGG]

What a joke.......LT is still the best player in the league!

[jerseyboltfan]

Oh, it's just an ignorant statement from a "journalist" who has no idea what he's talking about. Along the lines of those who continue to say that Shotty was fired because he lost that playoff game to the Patriots. It just makes my head spin that some journalists are blatantly clueless and spread this igorance around.

That's a great photo though!

[LongRobbDiego]

How can he pass his hat over when both of them have the hat for team leader. Rivers is the QB/Commander he tells people were to be. I don't mean anything by it but it seems like your post is saying that Rivers was never a team leader.

It also makes it sound as if LT is no longer a leader of the team, which he most certainly is. Didn't you catch that interview with Shane Olivea a while back? He almost went roid-rage on the reporter just for mentioning that some people questioned LT's heart for the team. That's coming from a guy who was at the time of the interview (and still is ) no longer a Charger...I imagine you'd get an emphatic response from any player on the team, saying that they in no way question LT, and that he is definitely still a leader. I'm willing to bet that LT lost nothing of his leadership role. PR increased his, but LT's remains. May be pointing out the obvious at this point, but it seems that some people forgot, or never realized that a knee injury is far different for a RB, who needs his speed, and quick-cutting ability, than it is for a QB, who was not all that mobile to begin with.

I'd also be willing to bet, that LT was utterly heartbroken that he didn't feel like he could contribute in what was the team's biggest game during LT's career. For all we know, maybe the guy dropped a tear or two, and didn't want to broadcast it. Therefore, he'd be sitting off to the side, with his helmet on BECAUSE of his overwhelming heart for the game/team.

[Southstander]

I can see where the writers is comming from. For all the good LT has done in the league it was almost undone by his Prima Donna act.

[56lightsout56]

there is going to be one ticked off player sporting #21 on the field this year.

**** like that is only going to get him more motivated to show fox and other morons that they dont know what the heck they are saying.

and like Dr Banner sd in the hulk movie "dont make me angry, you wouldnt like me when i'm angry" thats what LT is going to show.

[56lightsout56]

I can see where the writers is comming from. For all the good LT has done in the league it was almost undone by his Prima Donna act.

now why dont I find that statement not surprising in the least bit?

from the article

belongs to a Chargers' fans embittered by L.T.'s decision to sulk on the sideline while his team lost a playoff game to the hated New England Patriots.

really? embittered by a valid injury?

where the writers "coming from" is no where near San Diego.

[LongRobbDiego]

Prima Donna act!? Did he SAY something prima donna? No, so on what do you base this ignorant statement? All you know, is that he sat off to the side, with his helmet on.....Do you know what was going on in his mind? No. Do you know what he was feeling? No. Do you know that he wasn't overwhelmed by his desire to be there for the team in the biggest game of his career, and dropped a couple of frustrated tears, and didn't want to broadcast it? Again No Son. Do you have knowledge enough of the game to know how different it is for a RB to have a knee injury, than say a QB? It doesn't appear so.

I can tell from how you worded your statement, that you were trying to be somewhat respectful, but your statement was both ignorant, and borderline trollish, being that you know nothing of the facts, other than that he sat off to the side with his helmet on for a while. While it is somewhat disguised, it still appears to be a jealousy-feuled statment from another Donkey-homer. Save these kinds of comments for the Donkeys Country (que banjo music) Message Boards.

[Southstander]

Listen LongRobb. Unlike like you and most of your fellow Chargers fans I can look beyond the color of uniform. I don't care what team Tomlinson plays for, and you good sir are far more of a homer then myself. Your defense of Tomlinson is a reach at best. You are shading it in the best possable light. You as well don't know what was going on in his mind!

Let me ask you this, it is was a Prima Donna/Poor little me act will you agree that he has something to prove, or are you not the honest of a fan? I will agree that if you are right and it was that he was ovewhemlmed as you put it he will have alot less to prove.

[LongRobbDiego]

Listen LongRobb. Unlike like you and most of your fellow Chargers fans I can look beyond the color of uniform. I don't care what team Tomlinson plays for, and you good sir are far more of a homer then myself. Your defense of Tomlinson is a reach at best. You are shading it in the best possable light. You as well don't know what was going on in his mind!

Let me ask you this, it is was a Prima Donna/Poor little me act will you agree that he has something to prove, or are you not the honest of a fan? I will agree that if you are right and it was that he was ovewhemlmed as you put it he will have alot less to prove.

True, I don't know what was going on in his mind, which is why I stated hypothetically. Your Prima-donna statment, was made as if you know something. I do feel that I am in a better position than are you to make a guess at what he was thinking, being that I've actually met the guy (albeit briefly), and have studied his career from day one.

In your question, I can't understand backwoods-mountain talk, so I'm not sure what you mean by " it is was", but for the next part of your question, Yes, LT does have something to prove, to all the media *****s, who were/are reaching for something dramatic to write about, and to jealous, homeristic, non-Charger fans who believe the idiot media, and make unfounded statements.....and prove he will.

[Southstander]

Wow that is impressive you can tell everything about a person by meeting him one time. Do you do birthdays?

[usnidc]

I wonder if all of these journalists and "fans" of other teams have ever tried to play RUNNING BACK with a partially torn MCL? LT sat because LT with a bad knee is not as good as a healthy Michael Turner, Period, end of story. "Prima Donna" would have been trying to play and hurt the team because you can't perform. LT put the team's chance for success above his desire to play.

Sure, PR played with a torn ACL, blah, blah, blah. I give him loads of credit. However, Elway played his whole career with a blown ACL. So, Apples and oranges comparing PR to LT.

People only hate on LT because after 7 years of greatness, people saw that he actually is human so now all there hatred and jealousy is justified in their minds.

[Southstander]

I trained with the Mairnes with w partial tear to my achilles, and was up and walk on my leg after major surgery to my leg quad. So yeah I kind know what he went through.

[LongRobbDiego]

Wow that is impressive you can tell everything about a person by meeting him one time. Do you do birthdays?

Weak. Is that all you got? Cherry-picking in typical Donkey fashion. You seem to have conveniently forgot to mention where I admittedly was basing my hypothetical statements on the fact that I've followed LT's career since he was drafted. I've read and watched every tidbit of info I could find on the guy. You, on the other hand, know only what the media drama queens tell you, and that the team LT plays for, has and will continue to give your joke of a team the rented mule treatment. I can't wait 'til he busts a big one in the next Chargers/Donkeys game, and breaks Marlame MeCree's ankles on his way to a TD.

[Southstander]

Oh I get it you have a man crush on him Robb. I did not know you loved him that much.

[an10ee]

wow how critcal they are off LT. What more do they expect from him? Let's see them mimmic what he has done.

[VaqT]

Listen LongRobb. Unlike like you and most of your fellow Chargers fans I can look beyond the color of uniform...it is was a Prima Donna/Poor little me act will you agree that he has something to prove, or are you not the honest of a fan?

I doubt you look past the color of a uni. But I would hope that is the case, cause it would be sad if that was an honest and objective opinion. You wouldn't come off looking very smart if so. Prima donna? I'd like to know what exactly makes what happened a prima donna act? Remembering that being a prima donna means acting in a vain, conceited, "hey look at me" attitude.

I can't think of what LT would have to prove to anyone that he hasn't proven already.

[LongRobbDiego]

I trained with the Mairnes with w partial tear to my achilles, and was up and walk on my leg after major surgery to my leg quad. So yeah I kind know what he went through.

Wow, that's impressive, do you do birthdays? So you "was up and walk" on your leg? Does that include running & cutting at top-speed, while human battering rams dive at your injury?

[VaqT]

I trained with the Marines with w partial tear to my achilles, and was up and walk on my leg after major surgery to my leg quad. So yeah I kind know what he went through.

I always laugh when people think they can equate injuries they have gone through to what it's like for an athlete in a similar situation. And that's no knock or trivialization of Marine training. But it's a joke. It's like that ridiculous "I'm a soldier" tirade of K. Winslow Jr. when he was still at Miami. One world is so different from the other.

Believe me, you have no idea what he probably went through.

[LongRobbDiego]

Oh I get it you have a man crush on him Robb. I did not know you loved him that much.

Oh look, another intelligent rebuttal! No, I'm just a die-hard fan, who has an interest in one of the best to play the game....I'm not like you Jay Cuddler groupies, who're all over his neets even though he can't seem to win games for you...

[usnidc]

I trained with the Mairnes with w partial tear to my achilles, and was up and walk on my leg after major surgery to my leg quad. So yeah I kind know what he went through.


So, Obviously you are an expert on leg injuries to world class athletes...:rolleyes:

[LightsOut4ever]

99.999% of all sports writers have **** for brains (so much so, that it tends to come spewing out their mouths)

[VaqT]

99.999% of all sports writers have **** for brains (so much so, that it tends to come spewing out their mouths)

I hear that. It's too bad, I look forward to new articles because I want to get my fix of NFL news, but it's often irritating to read these kinds of articles.

What we need are writers who have actual experience playing at a high level. With a little perspective, I think we'd see alot of garbage like this fall to the wayside. Of course you'll always have a Deion Sanders type who still manages to get it wrong.

[rcali bolt hed]

The pencil-necked geeks are out in full force trying to call LaDainian Tomlinson out for being injured in the AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots. You knew they would take any opportunity to blast the San Diego Chargers.
Tomlinson had no business trying to stay in the game, because he was never going to make the type of big play that the explosive Darren Sproles made at the end of the first half.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, who knows the Chargers would be stupid enough to call Tomlinson soft for coming out of that game. This is a guy who finished three straight seasons injured. When you’re a running back and you play through separated shoulder, cracked ribs, and a groin pull to end three separate seasons it doesn’t matter what some pocket-protecting, pennyloafer-wearing, 24 inch vertical-posessing, freckly-faced nerd with a laptop says about you. You are a leader on the field and respected in the locker room.
It was LT that called all the Chargers to a “players only” meeting when the team was 5 – 5 and challenged each man to buy into to what Norv Turner was selling. The team proceeded to win eight straight games before barely losing to the Patriots. This guy is not a great leader?
Yeah right…go buy another pair of Dockers you six flat 40-running water boy. You don’t know anything about team sports.
Any athlete that has to make explosive moves and has had a leg injury knows damn well you need to sit down and let your very capable backups take over for you. Michael Turner and Darren Sproles did a whole lot more than LT would have done if he had stayed in the game.
I’m sorry, but when Tedy Bruschi runs you down when you’re supposed to be the best running back in the game, it's time to take a seat, buddy.
The previous time LT had Bruschi (and Mike Vrabel) one-on-one in the open field, he easily evaded those guys and took it to the house. Antonio Gates should have taken a seat when Bruschi was able to cover him in the red zone. Hell, your grandmother in her prime had enough speed to beat Tedy Bruschi one-on-one.
And what’s this I hear about Deion Sanders trying to call out Tomlinson for not finishing the game?
This guy is a complete jackass for that one. If I remember correctly, ‘ol Neon Deion made a comeback with the Ravens and was a complete scrub because a turf toe injury robbed him of his explosiveness (which is why he retired in the first place.) Now he wants to criticize LT for stepping aside?
I’m not going call anyone stupid, but...yeah, I am.
I’m still laughing at the vision of Marvin Harrison running by Sanders so fast that he was in the end zone for a 14 yard (or so) TD while Neon Deion was still in his stance, and I am NOT exaggerating. That would have never happened before Sanders was robbed of his speed.
All this LT was “sulking on the sideline” nonsense is just silly. He was just on the sideline. Was LT suddenly supposed to become Richard Simmons in a football helmet? Because you know he had the tights.
Come on.
Where were all of these idiots when Marvin Harrison was sitting on the bench after he was removed from the Colts’ Divisional Round battle with the Chargers? He wasn’t effective, so the coach sat him down. LT was smart enough to know when to have a seat, because he trusts his teammates.
So you bagel and cream cheese-eating, Apple iPhone-programming, tighty whitie-sporting, “no girls allowed” t-shirt-wearing, Klingon face-painting, Optimus Prime hero-worshiping, chess playing chump who went to the movies 12:00 AM on a Wednesday just to see the Star Wars trailer...stop pretending like you know the first thing about toughness and go back to your Thunder Cats DVD.

thank you , from ian phillips b/r

[rcali bolt hed]

http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/weblog/archives/018675.html

Whatever the speculation was on TV or the lie the Chargers announced to the media at Gillette Stadium, here's the bottom line from LaDainian Tomlinson:
"It's obvious that I couldn't play. If I could have played, I would have been in there.''
Tomlinson, who suffered a hyperextended left knee in last week's win over Indianapolis, got hit on the same knee on the first play of the AFC Championship Game and said he sprained the medial collateral ligament. The Chargers announced he could have returned to the game, but Tomlinson said that wasn't the case. Coach Norv Turner confirmed that after the game.
"It was just the impact of getting hit that first play, right on it,'' Tomlinson said. "I thought that would be the test, taking a hit on it. I don't know how I get direct hits on it ... it's just been two bad weeks for me. I usually don't take shots like that. It just happened.''
Tomlinson was in for a total of four plays -- two carries, a reception and one play where he stayed into block. He did not play after the Chargers' second series.
"LT tried to go and he just couldn't go,'' Turner said. "The pain in the knee, what he felt, he couldn't push off it and he couldn't go. ... The doctors and trainers said he couldn't go.''


Posted by Jay Posner on January 20, 2008 05:12 PM | Permalink (http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/weblog/archives/018675.html)

[rcali bolt hed]

http://www.chargers.com/news/headlines/questions-about-lt.htm

Questions about LT’s toughness are comical to teammates

As Charger players cleaned out their lockers Monday following their final team meeting of the 2007 season, they paused for a little comic relief as they listened to the talking heads question LaDainian Tomlinson’s toughness after he missed most of the AFC Championship Game with a sprained knee.

“That’s foolish,” offensive tackle Marcus McNeill said. “If LT can go, he’s going to go. He knows how big of a part of this team he is. Just for anybody to criticize him is disappointing to hear.”

Tomlinson suffered a hyper-extended knee in the Bolts’ Divisional Playoff win at Indianapolis, spraining his MCL. The injury normally requires a four-week rehabilitation period, but Tomlinson wanted so bad to be on the field against New England that he pushed his way through it.

“My thinking last week was it was going to take some time, but I figured I’d be able to play through it and try to go,” said the NFL’s two-time defending rushing champion. “For most people it’s four weeks. I tried to play in one week. I tried to tough it out. It just wouldn’t allow me to do anything.”

LT was on the field for the first two series Sunday, but after being hit on the first play, he re-aggravated the injury and knew he wouldn’t be effective.

“If I would have played, I clearly wouldn’t have been affective,” Tomlinson said. “When you have a sprained MCL, you can’t cut like your normal self. Your knee drags. You can’t explode. Any time you get hit it shifts a little bit. It’s unstable.”

Tomlinson’s spectator status caused some to criticize him for not gutting it out during such an important game. But with his physical limitations, coaches and team doctors decided it was best to keep the former NFL MVP on the sidelines.

“People who know LT and people who have watched him play, it’s not having all the information,” Head Coach Norv Turner said. “I know sometimes information is hard to get, but if there was a way LT could have gotten back in that game he would have.”

Tomlinson urged his critics to look at his history of playing through pain.

“I’ve played in games that were meaningless and was kind of banged up but I still played,” Tomlinson said. “It didn’t mean anything. For me to get to this point and really couldn’t play, I’ve fought through a lot of stuff and this was something that I really couldn’t do. It was a horrible situation.”


So leave it at that.............................................. ............

[Southstander]

Oh look, another intelligent rebuttal! No, I'm just a die-hard fan, who has an interest in one of the best to play the game....I'm not like you Jay Cuddler groupies, who're all over his neets even though he can't seem to win games for you...
Good neither I'm I. But finaly you admit your bais. you are leeting your love of him effect your judgment of how he acted. It is clear that I'm not the only one that thinks that the way Tomlinson acted was out of line, and let a lot of questions in his conduct.

[VaqT]

Good neither I'm I. But finaly you admit your bais. you are leeting your love of him effect your judgment of how he acted. It is clear that I'm not the only one that thinks that the way Tomlinson acted was out of line, and let a lot of questions in his conduct.

Of course your not the only one, nobody has made the assumption that view makes you unique. But having company in that line of thought hardly makes it credible.

[Southstander]

Neither does never saying a bad word about you team, or defending them at the slightest hint of a negitive stroy.

[GoTomlinson]

LT has lost a step. Trade LT for draft picks.

[vheman]

Great, now the sportswriters are reaching just as far as the fans for stuff to rehash during the offseason. Weak weak weak.

[Stringz]

:layupBest player on hotseat?? I guess it's due to the high standard he has set. Everyone expects him to keep producing at such a level. A level others can't get to!! GO LT!!

[Southstander]

What else is there to do?

[aceospades]

I really don't care that he was on the sidelines with his helmet on sitting there. Its the truth that no one really knows what was going on in his mind, only him. As for him sitting out the game, im glad he did. I rather of had a 100% health Turner/Sproles, then a LT that cant run at full strength. As for Rivers playing with a bad knee and LT not. There is a HUGE difference between QB and RB. Its not called Running back for a reason, if you can't run why even play?

[Sarah11]

LT was STANDING during the first half of the game. Go back and watch the tape. Perhaps he sat during the second half because the trainers may have advised him to not put any more weight and pressure on his injured knee.
LT has played through all sorts of pain in the past including crack ribs. He even played through some injuries even in meaningless games. I don't question his heart at all, and am sure no true fans do either.

[Gringosuave]

I really don't care that he was on the sidelines with his helmet on sitting there. Its the truth that no one really knows what was going on in his mind, only him. As for him sitting out the game, im glad he did. I rather of had a 100% health Turner/Sproles, then a LT that cant run at full strength. As for Rivers playing with a bad knee and LT not. There is a HUGE difference between QB and RB. Its not called Running back for a reason, if you can't run why even play?


I didnt want LT playing if he reinjured himself, and he did

Turner was by far the most capable backup, so why would you risk a future HOF and best RB all time when youve got someone proven to produce behind him?

[chargersnmadden]

If you still question his heart and commitment to football then check this link out:
http://magazine.stack.com/TheIssue/Article/1910/ladainian_tomlinsons_offseason_training_plan.aspx
LT is a warrior!!

[LongRobbDiego]

Good neither I'm I. But finaly you admit your bais. you are leeting your love of him effect your judgment of how he acted. It is clear that I'm not the only one that thinks that the way Tomlinson acted was out of line, and let a lot of questions in his conduct.

Okay, it seems that either you misunderstood, or are (in typical Donkeyfan fashion) putting your own spin on it. I happen to be a columnist for the Chargers on ProFootballCentral.com, and it requires me to have the ability to look at even the team I am a fan of with an objective eye.

Let's compare: Cuddler groupies call him the next coming of Elway, better than Rivers, a leader (snicker), all the while ignoring or making excuses as to why he hasn't been a gamewinner since high school...

On the other hand, I have no factual evidence to base an opinion which states that LT was acting selfishly, or putting himself before his team. In fact, The factual evidence seems to point to the contrary, which is upon what I base my opinion. LT has played in games of much lesser importance with cracked ribs, sprains, and other injuries. Anyone with real football knowledge can see that a healthy Mike Turner gives the Chargers a better chance of winning than an LT with injuries which greatly restrict his abilities to sprint, and cut at speed.

While I am a fan (most sportswriters are), some do (all should), have the ability to look outside of that. I based my opinion on facts, not bitter jealousy of LT's team's treatment of the Donkeys, and not to create some dramatic so called news such as did the talking heads. You are the one who is reaching and allowing homerism to cloud your judgement son.

[VaqT]

Neither does never saying a bad word about you team, or defending them at the slightest hint of a negitive stroy. Well, I didn't realize there was a vast array of stories and points on this post and that I was defending all of them. Oh wait, no, there was just the one point you brought up. I'll criticize the Chargers, no problem. But it's gotta be legit, not a Denver-homer issue.

[knottyone]

Wow that is impressive you can tell everything about a person by meeting him one time. Do you do birthdays?

Yet somehow you have the ability to read LT's mind...while sitting on the couch no less!?!

Come on! You, and most Donko fans, just can't handle that the big dog in the AFC West are the Bolts and not the Donkos.

[56lightsout56]

What else is there to do?

go try the ray's boards. maybe you can try to stir up something there.

cant hurt since you havent succeeed yet here.

[Southstander]

Yet somehow you have the ability to read LT's mind...while sitting on the couch no less!?!

Come on! You, and most Donko fans, just can't handle that the big dog in the AFC West are the Bolts and not the Donkos.

Enjoy it while it lasts.......

[TJ-Charger-Fan]

I can see where the writers is comming from. For all the good LT has done in the league it was almost undone by his Prima Donna act.

get outta here


Chad Johnson = prima donna
LT = total opposite of Chad Johnson

[TJ-Charger-Fan]

Enjoy it while it lasts.......

2004 and counting, buddy.

[Southstander]

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the Broncos AFC West Champ a few years back?

[Southstander]

go try the ray's boards. maybe you can try to stir up something there.

cant hurt since you havent succeeed yet here.


LOL. Let's she one team is enjoying a breif time at the top of the standings after being the door mat for over decade and has never won a Championship, and the other is the Ray's:LightsOut:.


Just like the how the Ray's rank behind the Yanks and the O's as far as rivals go, the Bolts are behind the Raiders and the Chief as Broncos Rivals.

So I could see why you would think I would want to post in there.

[Thunderstruck]

If anyone doesn't understand the difference between a RUNNING BACK trying to play on a partially torn MCL, and a QUARTERBACK being able to throw of a bad ACL, that person needs to be slapped.

If LT had a broken right hand he could have played through it. And guess what? That same injury would have sidelined Rivers! Different players... similar injuries, hugely different impact.

Rivers could still stand in the pocket and throw. LT could barely run, and decided Michael Turner was a better player.

I'd like to partially tear a few peoples' MCL's and see if the bums can even climb out of bed the next day, much less run at a championship level against NFL competition on a freezing day.

[VaqT]

At this point, I doubt Bolt fans would consider Denver to be a rivalry either. Even the Raider game isn't what it used to be. Though it obviously can't be done, I wish they'd drop some of those games with Denver or Oakland, not too mention Atlanta. Instead slip in somes games against opponants like the Giants, some more Tennessee, or Dallas. It's tough getting excited for those other weeks with the difference in talent right now.

[mastaflan]

Everybody talks a lot of garbage...These sports writers have never been in LT's situation....Carrying a sorry team for years and finally got to go close to the big dance only to find out that he can't play... I don't know how anyone else could possibly understand the level of disappointment he had for himself that he couldn't play. It was also the first time he's ever been injured in his long awesome career. Either way buck these writers...

[LongRobbDiego]

Enjoy it while it lasts.......


Will Do!..........lol

[SDFaiderHater]

How can he pass his hat over when both of them have the hat for team leader. Rivers is the QB/Commander he tells people were to be. I don't mean anything by it but it seems like your post is saying that Rivers was never a team leader.

until the playoffs and maybe the last couple games i dont think he really was, he showed the poise and toughness and leadership that makes a great quarterback. dont get me wrong i love LT, but without Rivers and Gates he cant carry the team, no running back can do it alone.

[SDFaiderHater]

It also makes it sound as if LT is no longer a leader of the team, which he most certainly is. Didn't you catch that interview with Shane Olivea a while back? He almost went roid-rage on the reporter just for mentioning that some people questioned LT's heart for the team. That's coming from a guy who was at the time of the interview (and still is ) no longer a Charger...I imagine you'd get an emphatic response from any player on the team, saying that they in no way question LT, and that he is definitely still a leader. I'm willing to bet that LT lost nothing of his leadership role. PR increased his, but LT's remains. May be pointing out the obvious at this point, but it seems that some people forgot, or never realized that a knee injury is far different for a RB, who needs his speed, and quick-cutting ability, than it is for a QB, who was not all that mobile to begin with.

I'd also be willing to bet, that LT was utterly heartbroken that he didn't feel like he could contribute in what was the team's biggest game during LT's career. For all we know, maybe the guy dropped a tear or two, and didn't want to broadcast it. Therefore, he'd be sitting off to the side, with his helmet on BECAUSE of his overwhelming heart for the game/team.

im sorry, i in no way am saying that by LT not playing he did anything wrong, im the first person to defend him on that, but, as a leader you suck it up and help the other players by giving them support and not sitting off by yourself "dropping tears" am i saying we should cut him or do anything hell no, hes still one of the best running backs in the league, i wouldnt call him best player by the way, but i guess i just am more oldschool in the fact that football players should be gritty and tough as a 2 dollar steak.

[rcali bolt hed]

Positive vs. negative articles.I post these links earlier in the thread for the debate.

Questions about LT’s toughness are comical to teammates

http://www.chargers.com/news/headlin...s-about-lt.htm (http://www.chargers.com/news/headlines/questions-about-lt.htm)

http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/spo...es/018675.html (http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/spo...es/018675.html)

Tomlinson suffered a hyper-extended knee in the Bolts’ Divisional Playoff win at Indianapolis, spraining his MCL. The injury normally requires a four-week rehabilitation period, but Tomlinson wanted so bad to be on the field against New England that he pushed his way through it.

Tomlinson’s spectator status caused some to criticize him for not gutting it out during such an important game. But with his physical limitations, coaches and team doctors decided it was best to keep the former NFL MVP on the sidelines.

“People who know LT and people who have watched him play, it’s not having all the information,” Head Coach Norv Turner said. “I know sometimes information is hard to get, but if there was a way LT could have gotten back in that game he would have.”

[56lightsout56]

LOL. Let's she one team is enjoying a breif time at the top of the standings after being the door mat for over decade and has never won a Championship, and the other is the Ray's:LightsOut:.


Just like the how the Ray's rank behind the Yanks and the O's as far as rivals go, the Bolts are behind the Raiders and the Chief as Broncos Rivals.

So I could see why you would think I would want to post in there.

as if your opinion is relevant ranking the AFC west rivaleries. it doesnt pass the sniff test. reality shows us something else.

but who could expect anything less?

on and yeah one team has been a doormat for a decade in the AL east.....gee only a decade.

what was Boston's gap???? 100 yrs?

remember to always check to see if the door is open or you will walk into it.

[RAYRAY37]

I guess it does not take much to be a sports writer!

[VicJericho]

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the Broncos AFC West Champ a few years back?

What have they done lately?