Examining Chargers’ Offseason and Key Preseason Positional Battles

Following years of stability and relative success, the San Diego Chargers bottomed out in 2012, finishing the season 7-9 and well short of the playoff hunt in the AFC.

General Manager A.J. Smith and head coach Norv Turner had already been on the hot seat after a 9-7 2010 campaign and an 8-8 2011 season, but the Chargers continued giving them chances in hopes of a turnaround. After all, San Diego had the talent to do it.

But talent is only part of the equation, and Smith didn’t exactly do his part to continue infusing enough of it to sustain consistent success in the league. As such, the general manager was handed his walking papers Bleacher Report - San Diego Chargers
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