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Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers test the mettle of the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.
Heading to the 2010 NFL football season, San Diego is coming off a fourth straight division title after going 13-3 to finish with the second-best record in the AFC. The Chargers were a trendy pick to make the Super Bowl entering the playoffs but were upset 17-14 by New York in the divisional round.
The San Diego Chargers released LaDainian Tomlinson, who rushed for 12,490 yards and 138 touchdowns in nine seasons with San Diego, in February and replaced him with rookie Ryan Mathews.
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year, is also gone. The unsigned wide receiver has been suspended by the NFL for the first three games for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.
The Kansas City Chiefs on the other hand went 4-12 last year and in an attempt to improve a unit that allowed an average of 26.5 points—fourth-worst in the NFL—coach Todd Haley hired Romeo Crennel as defensive coordinator.
Another former New England coordinator that also failed as a head coach was brought in to shore up the offense.
Charlie Weis, the Notre Dame coach from 2005-09, inherits a unit that was 23rd with an average of 18.4 points and 25th with 182.6 passing yards per game last season. He admitted that his main job was to “fix the quarterback.”
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