Coming into last season, the San Diego Chargers were thought to be legitimate Super Bowl title contenders as they seemed to finally have the right pieces of the puzzle in place and ready to lead this team to the next level.
Unfortunately, Philip Rivers and company got off to a rough start in the beginning of the season as they lost three of the first five games and were thought to be on their way to their first losing season in quite some time.
Even though they had a losing record and things just weren’t going their way, the Chargers were able to turn it around by winning 11 straight games in a row and heading into the playoffs as arguably the hottest team in the league.
Despite being able to turn their season around they still couldn’t avoid losing to the New York Jets in the playoffs and ultimately being knocked out of the playoffs much earlier than anticipated.
The Chargers may have been unable to live up to expectations last season, but coming into the 2010-2011 NFL season they will be a serious force to be reckoned with once again as they have gone through a drastic change in their backfield after releasing superstar running back LaDainian Tomlinson during the offseason.
Without LT in the backfield, the Chargers will look to Darren Sproles and rookie running back Ryan Matthews out of Fresno State.
Obviously, LT has left some pretty big shoes to fill in San Diego, but the Chargers believe they have found their running back of the future in Matthews and in order to avoid a holdout by the rookie they have agreed to terms with their new feature back.
Reportedly, Ryan Matthews have agreed to a five-year deal with the Chargers worth about $25 million dollars with $15 million of this deal being guaranteed. Get ready for all the latest NFL football betting odds at the best online sportsbooks.
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