Roster what areas can we "improve most" before Kickoff?

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

We look about three players light at Center after what happened last year...

[MakoShark]

In a word: The Trenches. OK, that's 2 words, but you get my drift. I see us as weak up the middle on both sides of the ball.

[Formula 21]

Looks like they're concentrating the practice snaps to two young centers.

[Mister Hoarse]

I thought all of our OL took snaps at C under coach D?

[Ebenezer]

Seems to me that OL, OLB depth and TE depth are the three areas that could stand to see some improvement and have it actually happen.

A roster cut or trade might mean an upgrade over Troutman.

Law or whoever is holding the 5th OLB spot could lose the job to a decent cut.

And we still lack any real effective blocking at TE.

[Boltaction]

Donnie Brown needs to be replaced with a better player. I'm hoping one of the udfa rb's beats him out. We just can't afford the drop off if something happens to MG. Rivers is 31and 3 when the rb runs for over 100 yards in a game. That says it all, we need better running from the first rb to the last on the team. I think if Ronnie Brown is still on the team when the season begins fire the head coach and Tom Telesco for protecting and over paying a piece of crap. They should have kept Grice last year and cut Donnie Brown. They better find a better back up than over the hill crap, and expensive crap too.

[KNSD]

Donnie Brown needs to be replaced with a better player. I'm hoping one of the backup RBs at Grossmont College quits college and joins the Chargers to replace him.

Fixed.

[Ebenezer]

Dreamius Smith has a pretty impressive athletic profile to potentially take Brown's spot. Whether or not they're willing to replace the veteran with a rookie will likely depend on how comfortable they are with Oliver as the primary backup.

[Boltjolt]

Brown is still under contract?

[Ebenezer]

Brown is still under contract?

He's one year into a three year contract.

[SDFan]

Donnie Brown needs to be replaced with a better player. I'm hoping one of the udfa rb's beats him out. We just can't afford the drop off if something happens to MG. Rivers is 31and 3 when the rb runs for over 100 yards in a game. That says it all, we need better running from the first rb to the last on the team. I think if Ronnie Brown is still on the team when the season begins fire the head coach and Tom Telesco for protecting and over paying a piece of crap. They should have kept Grice last year and cut Donnie Brown. They better find a better back up than over the hill crap, and expensive crap too.

not gonna happen BA. DBrown did not suck last year despite some people's opinions around here and he was not on the level of a Meachum or Cox type FA bust. Brown was not brought in to be a workhorse all purpose back while replacing both Mathews and Woodhead at the same time. He was supposed to complement them and substitute a couple series per game when guys where gassed or dinged up. It was also expected we would have the same OL success as the year before. If we truly fix the OL and Brown doesn't maximize his opportunities I can see him being in trouble- but not yet.

And Grice? The guy was a scrub and it was obvious even in TC Oliver was the much better candidate to make the team and stick.

[Lightningwill_420]

not gonna happen BA. DBrown did not suck last year despite some people's opinions around here and he was not on the level of a Meachum or Cox type FA bust. Brown was not brought in to be a workhorse all purpose back while replacing both Mathews and Woodhead at the same time. He was supposed to complement them and substitute a couple series per game when guys where gassed or dinged up. It was also expected we would have the same OL success as the year before. If we truly fix the OL and Brown doesn't maximize his opportunities I can see him being in trouble- but not yet.

And Grice? The guy was a scrub and it was obvious even in TC Oliver was the much better candidate to make the team and stick.

Even Ronnie Brown was better than Donald Brown last year.