By BlueandGold
BoltTalk Contributor
Well, being that yesterday’s game was little more than a pick-up game for bubble riders, I’ll focus this write-up more on the major event that followed the game - the final roster cut-down to 53. Today, the Chargers cut 20 players, many of whom we Charger fans have been watching for over a month now:
- LB Antwan Applewhite
- LB Eric Bakhtiari
- WR Gary Banks
- S Tra Battle
- CB Josh Bell
- TE Wade Betschart
- S Brian Bonner
- RB Eldra Buckley
- DE Andre Coleman
- DT Lamar Divens
- G Brandyn Dombrowski
- DE Keith Grennan
- DT Keith Jackson
- WR Mark Jones
- T Tyler Luellen
- LB Terna Nande
- T Tony Pape
- LB Carlos Polk
- G Erik Robertson
- RB Marcus Thomas
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Source: Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP)—The Chargers released linebacker Carlos Polk and placed tight end Scott Chandler on injured reserve Saturday.
The Chargers also removed center Nick Hardwick from the physically unable to perform list, making him part of the final 53-man roster even though he probably won’t play right away as he recovers from offseason foot surgery.
Hardwick, a Pro Bowl selection following the 2006 season, spent training camp on the physically unable to perform list. He would have had to miss the first six games of the season if he wasn’t removed from the PUP list by Saturday.
Coach Norv Turner declined to give a timetable for Hardwick’s return.
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The San Diego Chargers placed TE Scott Chandler on Reserve-Injured (toe) and released the following 20 players from their active roster to reach the NFL’s mandatory limit of 53 players:
LB Antwan Applewhite
LB Eric Bakhtiari
WR Gary Banks
S Tra Battle
CB Josh Bell
TE Wade Betschart
S Brian Bonner
RB Eldra Buckley
DE Andre Coleman
DT Lamar Divens
G Brandyn Dombrowski
DE Keith Grennan
DT Keith Jackson
WR Mark Jones
T Tyler Luellen
LB Terna Nande
T Tony Pape
LB Carlos Polk
G Erik Robertson
RB Marcus Thomas
Chandler sustained the toe injury in Friday night’s preseason finale in San Francisco. He will miss the ’08 season.
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The San Diego Chargers placed TE Scott Chandler on Reserve-Injured (toe) and released the following 20 players from their active roster to reach the NFL’s mandatory limit of 53 players:
LB Antwan Applewhite
LB Eric Bakhtiari
WR Gary Banks
S Tra Battle
CB Josh Bell
TE Wade Betschart
S Brian Bonner
RB Eldra Buckley
DE Andre Coleman
DT Lamar Divens
G Brandyn Dombrowski
DE Keith Grennan
DT Keith Jackson
WR Mark Jones
T Tyler Luellen
LB Terna Nande
T Tony Pape
LB Carlos Polk
G Erik Robertson
RB Marcus Thomas
Chandler sustained the toe injury in Friday night’s preseason finale in San Francisco. He will miss the ’08 season.
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The Chargers forced five turnovers and got a last-second touchdown catch from running back Eldra Buckley to give them a 20-17 win in San Francisco Friday night and finish the preseason 3-1.
Friday nights preseason finale in San Francisco gave several young players an opportunity to make one last statement before Saturdays roster cuts.
Cornerback Cletis Gordon wrapped up his impressive training camp and preseason with a two-interception performance in San Francisco Friday night.
Source:
Associated Press
By Greg Beacham
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Even against his hometown team’s third-stringers and scrubs, Alex Smith demonstrated why he’s no longer the San Francisco 49ers’ starting quarterback.
Smith passed for 146 yards but also threw two terrible interceptions, and San Diego’s Eldra Buckley made a one-armed diving catch on a 2-yard touchdown pass with 29 seconds left in the Chargers’ 20-17 exhibition victory over the 49ers on Friday night.
Just four weeks ago, Smith never would have expected to be playing three quarters in the season’s most meaningless game. But the former No. 1 overall draft pick gradually lost his job to J.T. O’Sullivan, the journeyman quarterback who will start for the 49ers (2-2) in next week’s home opener against Arizona.
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The San Diego Chargers and San Francisco 49ers will stage their final dress rehearsal for the 2008 season when the teams meet on Friday night, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. PDT at Candlestick Park.
Between the two of them, Chargers linebacker Derek Smith and center Jeremy Newberry spent 16 seasons with the 49ers. Friday night, theyll return to Candlestick Park wearing a different jersey.
