Where Do the Chargers Go from Here?

Sluss · #1 10-19-2005, 08:01 AM

With the San Diego Chargers trading for AJ Feeleydoes this mean resolution for their QB situation? Despite what AJ Smith says this seems like a pretty big step.

If your the Chargers do you keep Drew Brees or Phillip Rivers? It seems crazy to give up Brees who has been very good the past two years. However, how in the blue hell are you going to move that absurd contract that Rivers has? A contract so bad that Bears spent the pre-draft time telling agents they would not a work a deal that matched it.

You can't just hold on to all three cap wise. If you do your just hurting a combination of your O & D-lines and special teams.

I have this feeling that they are going to try and move Rivers then when that fails they will be forced to get rid of Brees. After a tough season this year with THE hardest schedule in the NFL, can this team stand to go through the growing pains of a rookie QB when the team is built to win right now?

bugstud · #2 10-19-2005, 08:17 AM

it probably depends on how rivers looks in practice. I think given the acquisition and cap related issues, they're moving brees, but this was a big suprise to me.

jakethebake · #3 10-19-2005, 08:59 AM

I'm not sure why this was a big surprise opther than they could've found someone better than Feeley. It was obvious they wouldn't keep both those guys around and Feeley will never challenge for the job so there won't be any more QB controversy.

Being in Miami I'm more curious about what the Fins got out of this (other than getting Feeley out of town). Is this Lemon guy any good at all? His preseason numbers looked pretty good.

siccjay · #4 10-19-2005, 09:22 AM

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I'm not sure why this was a big surprise opther than they could've found someone better than Feeley. It was obvious they wouldn't keep both those guys around and Feeley will never challenge for the job so there won't be any more QB controversy.

Being in Miami I'm more curious about what the Fins got out of this (other than getting Feeley out of town). Is this Lemon guy any good at all? His preseason numbers looked pretty good.

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Yea he looked good in the preseason (I Heard) and it gets rid of that other Dave "I couldn't coach pee-wee flag football" Wannstedt QB of the future. A genius that guy was......

JayLear · #5 10-19-2005, 09:44 AM

I think the Bolts are going to wait until the end of the year and decide what to do. If the offense continues to look good and Brees continues to look like the future, look for Rivers to get moved. There are probably a good number of teams that would give away at least a high first round draft choice for a QB like Rivers. Look for Rivers to get dealt next March or April, Brees to sign a big long-term deal, and Feely to take over as Brees' backup.

Sluss · #6 10-19-2005, 09:48 AM

From what I hear Saban has a real hard-on for Lemon and it was the Dolphins who really pushed for this trade.

#7 10-19-2005, 09:49 AM

i think its probably a salary cap thing for miami. i think he feely got a ptretty good contract cause he did ok for philly for a few games one yr. they probably did not care what they got back

Sluss · #8 10-19-2005, 09:57 AM

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I think the Bolts are going to wait until the end of the year and decide what to do. If the offense continues to look good and Brees continues to look like the future, look for Rivers to get moved. There are probably a good number of teams that would give away at least a high first round draft choice for a QB like Rivers. Look for Rivers to get dealt next March or April, Brees to sign a big long-term deal, and Feely to take over as Brees' backup.

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You see this makes too much sense in the NFL world. With Salary Cap issues it is going to be damn near impossible to move Rivers. The only way your going to get rid of him is for a song and I don't think Smith wants to do that.

Your main candidates would be he Lions, Bears, Jets, Titans, Cowboys, maybe the Bills, maybe the Ravens.

Maybe you can get Matt Millen to take a shot at him, but I don't think the Bears would take on that contract. I don't think the Jets can. I know the Titans can't and they have Voleck anyway. The Cowboys might have the room, but do you want to spend that much money on a QB or would you just prefer to draft your own? I'm not sure the Ravens have the cap room either.

That is one nasty contract Rivers has and it is not going to net them the 1st Round draft pick they are going to want.

bugstud · #9 10-19-2005, 10:12 AM

other longshots are AZ, STL, NO, TB, Miami (ha!), OAK, KC, HOU, CLE. All these teams have either a QB that may get booted because of performance/injury issues or a young guy that may falter. I'd agree with the primary ones, but if someone like Al Davis gets a hardon for Rivers...

HDPM · #10 10-19-2005, 12:07 PM

well, they could start by grtting rid of the coach who by my estimation is the third winningest coach in Broncos history. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]