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| San Diego Chargers at the Arizona Cardinals |
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| Written by P. Serrano | |
| Friday, 24 August 2007 | |
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The San Diego Chargers will play their third-straight nationally televised game on Saturday night, Aug. 25 when they face the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium. It’s the Chargers’ first-ever visit to the two-year-old stadium.
The reigning AFC West Champion Chargers return 19 starters, including all 11 on offense. The new faces on defense include inside linebackers Stephen Cooper and Matt Wilhelm, and strong safety Clinton Hart. In last Saturday’s game at St. Louis, Cooper led the team with 10 first-half tackles and Hart made the highlight reels with an over the-shoulder interception in the end zone off Marc Bulger. Wilhelm (calf) has missed the first two games.
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The most significant change to the Bolts’ roster is on the sideline where Norv Turner takes over as the 14th head coach in team history. Turner inherits a team that won two of the last three AFC West titles and a franchise-record 14 games in 2006. Last season’s outfit was an aggressive offensive juggernaut that shattered team records for scoring and rushing yards in a season. Turner returns to run the same offense that he implemented as San Diego’s offensive coordinator in 2001. His offense will center around the NFL’s Most Valuable Player, running back LaDainian Tomlinson. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Tomlinson turned the NFL on its ear in 2006, scoring a League-record 31 touchdowns and capturing his first-ever rushing title with 1,815 yards. Tomlinson and quarterback Philip Rivers will line up behind an offensive line that returns all five starters, plus three-time Pro Bowl tight end Antonio Gates, the Bolts leading receiver in ’06 with 71 catches, 924 yards and nine scores. Tomlinson is not expected to see action this preseason. His last preseason playing time came in 2005 against St. Louis when he scored on a 55-yard touchdown run on his only carry.
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On defense, Turner has turned over the keys to veteran defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell. He’ll operate virtually the same 3-4 defense that the Chargers have run since 2004. Cottrell’s defense is anchored by a pair of two-time Pro Bowlers, nose tackle Jamal Williams and linebacker Shawne Merriman, who had 17 sacks to win the NFL’s sack title in 2006.
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