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Brady Quinn's looking good. Throws on the mark, he's making quick decisions and the gameplan continues to baffle the Chargers.

It is that time of year, that strange fantasy moment when several previously irrelevant names pop up out of nowhere;A namesA that you would be foolish to completely overlook.

Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. Sean M. Haffey / Union-Tribune Legedu Naanee scores the game's first touchdown Sunday on a two-yard pass from Philip Rivers in the fist quarter.

It didn't matter which quarterback the Denver Broncos had under center Sunday. The San Diego Chargers bottled up both the rusty Chris Simms and the hobbled Kyle Orton.

Battered and bloody after absorbing 28 points worth of punches from Philip Rivers and the Chargers, redemption was just one drive-stop away for the Eagles' defense yesterday afternoon.

" The wildcat's out of the bag. Way out. A year ago, the Miami Dolphins turned the NFL on its ear with its variation of the old single-wing offense, the direct snap to the running back in a strategy designed to make football a truly 11-on-11 game.

Ashley Fox tweeted during the Eagles ' 31-23 loss to the Chargers yesterday. Here's a sampling.

Game recaps are a thing of the past. Let's face it, it takes way less than a thousand monkeys banging on a thousand typewriters for a thousand years to churn out a decent NFL post-game stat sheet.

LaDainian Tomlinson got the surprise news pregame that his wife LaTorsha was pregnant, then celebrated on the field with two TDs in a 31-23 win over Philadelphia.

LaDainian Tomlinson sliced 20 yards through Philadelphia's defense and into the end zone, flipped aside the ball and raised both arms in triumph.

LaDainian Tomlinson isn't finished yet and neither is the AFC West race. Tomlinson scored twice to continue his climb up the career rushing and scoring lists, and the San Diego Chargers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 31-23 on Sunday to pull into a tie atop the AFC West with the slumping Denver Broncos.

As much as I love to read the A, A-, B+, report card style of rating usually seen around these types of articles, I just cana TMt bring myself to go that route.A Instead, leta TMs look at the various positions of San Diego on a more analytical playing field and see how they stack up sans grades.

The Chargers released WR Chris Chambers on Monday, according to a statement released by the team.

Chris Chambers was told by the Chargers on Monday that he was being released. Chris Chambers is no longer a member of the San Diego Chargers.

With a struggling running game and a defense that has not dug in and stopped many so far this season, the San Diego Chargers have had to try to throw their way out of trouble.

Not so fast : Heinz Field may have looked half-empty in the game's last minutes, but it wasn't really.

Philip Rivers, who helped rally the team late, passes under heavy pressure in the fourth quarter.

The Dolphins defense closes in on quarterback Philip Rivers. Is his shot at a Super Bowl closing in as well? Photos courtesy of Chargers.com . "History is about to repeat itself in San Diego." "The window of opportunity closing fast." Those two phrases are part of many conversations involving the Chargers as they head to Pittsburgh this weekend.A ...

Barrack Obama would have even predicted that Phillip Rivers would throw a fade route against Frank Walker on Walkers first play on defense.

With a few days to watch the tape from Baltimorea s 31-26 win over the San Diego Chargers, safety Ed Reed isna t concerned with the secondary he leads.