Sorry for the somewhat-alarming headline.

"So Smith is basically saying to Jackson and his agents, 'I got Meachem for four years for less than what the Bucs paid you for two.'"

per PFT, per Jay Glazer.

I am a little surprised not to see him here, and not even in the top 6 most disliked QBs. The Eagles alone have two of those on here.

Summing up, the top 10 were (from 1-10):
Vick
Burress
Roethlisberger
Haynesworth
Cutler
Ochocinco
Vince Young
Carson Palmer
Romo
Shockey

Coupled with her abnormally low power rankings to start the season, it feels like she's been just salivating over when she'd get a chance to write this during the season. Not that she's wrong.

Gotta wish him well.

You might have to click on the "more video" link here and select part 2 to jump ahead to PR's interview.

These seem to be getting harder each year to find in advance, but the premiere of the 30-minute rose-colored review of your 2010 Bolts will air tomorrow night on ESPN2 at 10 p.m. PT. So stay up after the preseason game to look back on last year!

Chargers are the heaviest favorites on the board for week one, at -9.5 over the Vikings.

Here you can read the semi-informed national perspective on the current state of the Chargers (lots of obligatory "Fire Norv Turner" comments).

I use "in trouble" loosely there. But, there's a familiar rookie's name as a throw-in closer to the end of the post, with the tiniest implication that he's part of the "Miami party scene."

A contract clause slipped by all the lawyers and results in Asomugha heading to free agency.

A woman I've never heard of writes another ESPN article about Philip Rivers, this one oh-so-originally comparing him to Dan Marino. Quick googling tells me she's a NY-based writer, focused almost entirely on NY sports and tennis.

I tend to put a lot of value in these rankings. From this week's release, you can expect the Chargers to be touchdown-or-better favorites in all their remaining regular season games barring injury.

A little off-topic, but I'm looking forward to hearing what Norv Turner is "really like" in a year or two. I'm counting on Crayton to eventually provide that.

These rankings are one way that NFL lines are set. Currently the 7th-ranked AFC team and 10th overall. Would make SD ~5.5 pt favorites at home against KC and 3 pt favorites against NE (which they are).

Official game book from the Bears game has Butler listed in the "did not play" category, meaning he was active-rostered for the game. Almost certainly just a quirk/oversight, but strange nonetheless.

opening bid is $75K to become the new Boltman

Reports that Dumervil (who always was reported as out for most of the season) will not go to IR and likely will be back for at least the week 17 game against the Bolts. He's aiming for an early December return, with a remote shot at coming back sooner. The Chargers and Broncos play their first game together on November 22nd.

From his oft-repeated position against the Chargers' front office, Florio laughably contends that the contract situations with McNeill, Jackson, and Merriman are to blame for the (as yet) unsold preseason tickets.

The annual rose-colored edition of the year in review will premiere on ESPN2 on August 18th at 6:30 p.m. PT.

In a throwaway line in his camp tour preview, Mortensen says "[c]hances are the contracts [Jackson/McNeill] will be smoothed over..."

Does he know something, or does he know absolutely nothing?

This time, it's in the kitchen.

Lost in all the hoopla of him leaving, I had forgotten that LT and his wife were expecting. Congrats to the new parents; very good to see LaTorsha and Daylen healthy. Rumor is a boy, but I haven't seen reliable confirmation yet.