Shaun Phillips News

Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2:27 p.m. Chargers 7, Giants 7, 6 seconds remaining in first half Sack/fumble of Philip Rivers takes the Chargers out of field goal range, but Mike Scifres pins the Giants at their own 10 yard line with 53 seconds to go in the first half.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:27 p.m. Nelvin C. Cepeda / Union-Tribune Shawne Merriman says he has emerged from the fog of doubt after major knee surgery and is the same player he was before.

Oct. 25: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel is hit as he passes by San Diego Chargers linebacker Shaun Phillips.

No matter how this season unfolds for the San Diego Chargers, we know one thing for sure: the Raiders did not beat them in 2009.

Shawne Merriman was all over the field in Kansas City. He had shown glimpses of being himself against Denver.

Some things never change in San Diego, such as the great weather and LaDainian Tomlinson and the San Diego Chargers beating the hapless Oakland Raiders.

Tim Dobbins made a key play on special teams in Week 4, recovering a fourth-quarter onside kick in Pittsburgh to keep the Chargers alive in an otherwise dreadful game.

If they can get past that rough stretch with at least one win, the Chargers have a schedule that is favorable for a playoff run.

" Chargers free safety Eric Weddle ran around Chiefs left tackle Wade Smith as if he were standing still, taking down Matt Cassel from behind for the first sack on a day in which the Chargers would have a season-high five.

The embattled Chargers safeties yesterday played, well, the way they're supposed to.

If the bellyaching Chargers fans are looking for real pangs in their breadbasket, then they should come here, to America's breadbasket, and nosh on the inedible Chiefs.

In what is always a close game the Chiefs and Chargers will renew their old rivalry that goes back to their AFL days Sunday with a noon kickoff at Arrowhead.

Elvis Dumervil had two of Denver's five sacks of Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers.

Chargers Philip Rivers gets up after throwing a incomplete pass on a 3rd down on the Chargers last drive in the 4th quarter.

Well, not really a fight. It was more like: Oh, yeah! Yeah! As the Broncos' linemen came out on the Qualcomm Stadium field for their pregame warmups, they entered on the side of the field where the Chargers were already going through drills.

Shawne Merriman says those watching Monday night will see "a difference" in him after a bye week to rest.

" These are not the words of a team coming off an embarrassing loss on national television, a group that for the third straight season has yet to find its collective step in the early going.

Last year, before the season began, hopes were high for the San Diego Chargers and their fans that they would have another successful year resulting in their third consecutive AFC West crown.

If the Broncos didn't have the Chargers' attention before, they do now. Something about a first-place team being 5-0 will do that to a squad.

The Chargers returned to practice on Monday, still with many of the regulars off the field.