San Diego Chargers 10/19/2008 9:18 AMThe San Diego Union-Tribune reports the Chargers are much more concerned about their paltry four rushing touchdowns than they are impressed with their league-leading 14 passing touchdowns, including six from beyond 20 yards. They're much more concerned about their 3.8-yard rushing average than happy with Phillip Rivers' league-leading 14.6 yards per completion. “We're not very good at running the ball,” LaDainian Tomlinson said. Tomlinson's lament this week was not selfish. It simply speaks to his conviction that the Chargers need to be more balanced, need to be more consistent. Beginning that task Sunday against a quick, strong-up-the-middle Buffalo Bills defense, will be a challenge. But the Chargers know they must commence their run restoration soon if they are to get where they want to go. They have to be able to control the clock, have to be a threat to have Tomlinson break a big run.Read more
Cleveland Browns 10/16/2008 4:08 PMAP reports Pro Bowl TE Kellen Winslow rejoined the Cleveland Browns on Thursday, one week after he was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness that sidelined him for one game and could keep him out for another. He's back with the team, but the timing on Winslow's return to the field is still unclear. Winslow spent three nights at the Cleveland Clinic being treated for an illness that has been kept under wraps by the team, which cited privacy laws. The 25-year-old Winslow was seen walking in the hallway at the team's training complex Thursday shortly before the Browns practiced outdoors. He remained inside the facility during the 30 minutes that are open to the media.Read more
Green Bay Packers 10/16/2008 4:03 PMThe Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Press reports the Green Bay Packers thought they had closed a deal for the Kansas City Chiefs' TE Tony Gonzalez just before the trading deadline, but according to the nine-time Pro Bowl selection Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson pulled out at the last second. Two NFL sources told the Journal Sentinel Tuesday that the Packers were in the running for Gonzalez and that they were offering a third-round draft choice. Another source said Wednesday that Gonzalez had approved a trade to the Packers and was prepared to make the move. According to two of the sources, the Packers and another team were offering the same compensation for Gonzalez, but Peterson decided at the last minute that he wanted more than a third-round pick.Read more
Detroit Lions 10/16/2008 3:57 PMThe Detroit Free Press reports Jon Kitna said Wednesday the Lions wanted to replace him as their starting quarterback and used his back injury as a reason to make the change. "They decided they wanted to go in a different direction," Kitna told Free Press columnist Mitch Albom in an interview on WJR-AM (760). "And I guess the thing for me is, that's fine. Let's just say that." Asked earlier Wednesday if the Lions used Kitna's injury as an excuse to play young quarterbacks Dan Orlovsky and Drew Stanton, coach Rod Marinelli said: "No."Read more
