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Questionable. Such is the career status of Fort Washington, Md., native Brian Westbrook after Philadelphia's franchise running back suffered the second concussion of his NFL career in less than three weeks Sunday.

Sean M. Haffey / San Diego Union-Tribune Bronco's Chris Simms is sacked in the first half by Kevin Burnett and Eric Weddle.

The city's redevelopment arm agreed today to pay a New York consultant $160,000 to study ways to finance the construction of a downtown football stadium to house the San Diego Chargers.

Brian Westbrook is improving after suffering his second concussion in three weeks against the Chargers on Sunday.

What do LaDanian Tomlinson, Dan Fouts, Junior Seau, Lance Alworth and Kellen Winslow have in common? They've all been named to a list of greatest Chargers of all time.

Reality show hostess Tila Tequila filed a civil lawsuit this week against San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, accusing him of assault, battery, false imprisonment and emotional distress.

Brian Westbrook's status is uncertain after the former All-Pro running back sustained another concussion in Philadelphia's 31-23 loss at San Diego.

Brian Westbrook News: Brian Westbrook will be involved in 12-15 plays this afternoon at San Diego, according to ESPN's Sal Paolantonio.

San Diego Chargers safety Eric Weddle has been fined $7,500 for unnecessary roughness for a hit in last Sunday in a win over the New York Giants.

Chargers safety Eric Weddle is appealing the $7,500 fine he received from the league on Friday for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Giants tight end Kevin Boss.

Chargers safety Eric Weddle chats with NFL Network's Randy Moss about the game vs.

Chargers safety Eric Weddle was fined for his hit on Giants tight end Kevin Boss last Sunday.

They've already played each defending AFC Championship Game participant, but the San Diego Chargers consider the Eagles their toughest challenge so far this season, especially with the matchup problems the Eagles' offense will present for this Sunday's inter-conference clash.

It seemed as if Brandon Jacobs set a tone on the first drive of yesterday's 21-20 loss to the Chargers, as he rushed four times and gained 31 yards.

Sunday had all the trappings of a disaster in the making. Another East Coast loss.

Last week, we explored Chargers GM A.J. Smith's track record in the NFL Draft over the last five years .

" The Chargers safeties walked from the field, with their position coaches and defensive coordinator, almost 10 minutes after the rest of the team filed into the locker room following Wednesday's practice.

The only two things keeping the San Diego Chargers out of last place in the AFC West are the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs .

Follow Kevin Acee's training camp tweets at twitter.com/sdutchargers . And go to chargers.uniontrib.com all day long for updated news all day and a daily video report.

October 8, 2009, 8:30 p.m. I was worried Mike hadn't filed the Fleiss Blog this week because he was so distraught that both his Chargers and Cal Bears got embarrassed on the same weekend.