I just caught the story on the Chargers website and didn't see anything about it here. Wow.....just wow....it gave me chills to look through all of the pictures. What an incredible thing Donnie, just freaking incredible. The pics teared me up, I have to admit. Especially the one of the little girl holding the vets hand. Her gaze could tell 1,000 stories. Check it out.
Donnie Edwards Foundation Taking WW II Vets Back To Normandy France
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Here is the story at chargers.com. Hayley Elwood did a good job on the story. Better than the chiefs.com writer. My father was captured at the Dieppe Raid in 1942. He was a sergeant in an infantry assault unit that tried to take the town but the Germans were well-prepared and cut his regiment to pieces on beach. He spent the rest of the war in German POW camps.
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I remember the year he retired i met him at the main grocery store in Rancho Santa Fe. Driving a little red mercedes convertible. The guy talked with me for around 30 minutes. With groceries. I hope he didnt have ice cream with him. Seriously great guy. Im not shocked hes doing amazing things like this.
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Originally posted by Fleet View PostI remember the year he retired i met him at the main grocery store in Rancho Santa Fe. Driving a little red mercedes convertible. The guy talked with me for around 30 minutes. With groceries. I hope he didnt have ice cream with him. Seriously great guy. Im not shocked hes doing amazing things like this.
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Originally posted by Sgt. Pepper View PostIMO, one of the biggest mistakes AJ Smith made as Chargers GM was letting Edwards walk in 2007. AJ thought Matt Wiffhelm was going to be an upgrade. He wasn't.
Edit: It's not like Donnie did anything after he left the Chargers. He last two seasons with the Chiefs and was a shell of himself.
Edit 2: I'm glad that he's doing these things now. Sorry if I sound like a sour puss. The two experiences rubbed me the wrong way, and the contract situation definitely didn't help. Strange that 9 years later, Weddle would do the same thing with Telesco.Last edited by Xenos; 06-10-2019, 09:01 PM.
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Originally posted by jubei View Postdefinitely been difficult to find a LBer with his coverage skills and soft hands.
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Originally posted by Sgt. Pepper View Post
He had 17 Ints during his five years as a Charger. That led all DBs during the stretch. Quentin Jammer, the Bolts' best CB on those teams, had 10 INTs during the same period (2002-06). He had two 5 INT seasons in that 5 year stretch. Even Casey Hayward hasn't matched that.
AJ was disappointed in him because he wasn't a thumper.Now, if you excuse me, I have some Charger memories to suppress.
The Wasted Decade is done.
Build Back Better.
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Originally posted by Sgt. Pepper View Post
He had 17 Ints during his five years as a Charger. That led all DBs during the stretch. Quentin Jammer, the Bolts' best CB on those teams, had 10 INTs during the same period (2002-06). He had two 5 INT seasons in that 5 year stretch. Even Casey Hayward hasn't matched that.
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Originally posted by Sgt. Pepper View PostHe was still better than Whiffhelm.
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