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" The Chargers have used 60 players in games this season, more than in any year since 2004.

They can have all the confidence in their players, in their preparation, in their game plan.

The Chargers' David Binn was one of the first players in the NFL to make long snapping a speciality.

Of all the lame-brain ideas the CFL has fought through over the years -- from American expansion, to bringing back the Gliebermans, to hiring Donald Crump as commissioner, to awarding points for missed field goals -- nothing is as outright foolish as the idea of dropping the number of Canadian starters from seven to four.

Correll Buckhalter News: Buckhalter is active for Monday night's game against the Chargers.

From 2005 through 2008, the Chargers drafted a grand total of one defensive lineman, 7th round pick Chase Page who is no longer in the NFL.

Chargers coach Norv Turner said Philip Rivers, who has been sacked 10 times, has avoided more takedowns by having good awareness of pressure in the pocket.

The San Diego Chargers are no longer one of the premier 3-4 defenses in the National Football League, and losing their mammoth All-Pro Defensive Tackle Jamal Williams to a triceps injury is a very large reason why .

Running backs like Baltimore's Willis McGahee have run over, around and past the Chargers in the first two games this season.

" You can run against the Chargers. The "You can't run" chant, so ubiquitous in Qualcomm Stadium for a few years, has been muted.

My Team Makes me Drink . - My Team Makes me Drink . Post here if your team makes you Drink just to get through another game .

Peter Schrager is a frequent contributor for FOXSports.com. You can e-mail him at PeterSchrager@gmail.com . In last April's NFL draft, a guy named Vaughn Martin out of Western Ontario was selected with the 113th overall pick by the San Diego Chargers.

Today the San Diego Chargers announced they have placed their three-time pro bowl nose tackle, Jamal Williams, on injured reserve.

Stephen Brunt Big man on campus U.S. high school football star Da'shawn Thomas is playing this year for the the University of Western Ontario Mustangs.

September 14, 2009, 10:26 a.m. Defensive end Andre Coleman will be signed from the practice squad today and will be active in tonight's season opener at Oakland.

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.

He is the best Canadian currently playing in the NFL and if you haven't heard of O.J. Atogwe it's only because he plays on one of the worst teams in the league.

Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman addressed some teammates individually, and he talked with his head coach and with club President Dean Spanos yesterday.

Martin makes the grade for Chargers San Diego Chargers defensive tackle Vaughn Martin of Canadian, cools off as he warms-up for his first pre season NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in San Diego, California August 15, 2009.

The Western Mustangs are just getting started, while Michael Faulds is almost done.