Tomlinson?

I honestly don’t think Denver will take him. He is a talented RB, however how much that torn tendon in his groin will affect him I don’t know. I want a RB with no past injuries. Doctors say he should have surgery, yet he thinks different.

Keeping LT is a big money problem considering his injuries the last two seasons. SD also says they will try to keep Sproles, which will cost a lot as well. Sproles isn’t an every down back, so SD has an interesting dilemma in front of them.

Let’s hope they make a bad decision. L.J. Smith may have shot himself in the foot letting The Burner Turner go. Sproles with big money may not be the answer also. Good Luck. (Not really)

definetely wont sign him to a huge deal but if he will except a more of an incentive based contract i say why not. highly unlikely but just a thought.

a pay cut. He may restructure. No player has ever taken a total paycut. They usually re-do their deal add more years or convert money to a bonus. The UT is a craptastic rag, the writer is in bed with Smith so I take everything that paper says with a grain of salt. The thing that will happen (most likely) is he restructures his deal. He is gonna be 30 next season, and historically RB’s who hit 30 decline

Probably doesn’t understand the cap rules. LT makes less than $6mill per year with a $12mill bonus that gets spread over 4 years under the cap rules. If they keep LT, even as a part time player, they have to pay him $6mill in salary and take a $9mill hit against the cap. If they trade him they have to find someone willing to take over his contract and they take a $6mill hit against the cap. They can cut him outright and if they do it before June 1 they can spread the $6mill hit over two years. But then they have nothing to show and run the HUGE PR risk that he is successful for someone else, maybe even the Broncos. Remember Marcus Allen?

Docs said surgery – he said no – they lose him for entire season. I think SD is screwed either way. But, there seems to be some ongoing conflict between Smith and his stars. You don’t see that level of conflict, with so many players, on the better teams.

with their first picks (Wells, Moreno, etc…). I know many of the MHR faithful like Sproles, but there’s no way he’s a #1 back in this league.

I think we screwed up royally when SD cut Rodney Harrison and we didn’t sign him, look at what NE got out of Corey Dillion and he isn’t half the back that LT is, in our offense I am sure he would be back to an MVP type back. I understand the injury issue, but having someone like LT is a risk I would be willing to accept as far as talent, just make sure the contract protects the Broncos if he becomes injury prone, like the one we had for Robertson.

when you consider the risks involved.

No thanks…I’d rather see what Hillis can do in a full season as starter.

I don’t want him near the Broncos as a teammate. He will do nothing but pout when he is injured and cost a lot of money…..send him to the NFC or something.

Most MHRs like his because we look at the potential of Hillis and Sproles and drool. I don’t like hiring aging and expensive backs at the end of their storied careers. LDT isn’t worth the risk, IMHO

The Chargers have about $15 million in cap space, but they could add nearly $7 million to that by paring one icon. It’s not that the Chargers think Tomlinson is finished, but he will count $8.8 million against the cap in 2009 if he’s a Charger and about $2.1 million if he isn’t. Perhaps with some of the money saved if they release him (a trade of a soon-to-be 30-year-old back coming off injury who is due $6.75 million is unlikely), the Chargers will make an attempt to keep Sproles. But they want him as a returner and perhaps a back who touches the ball 10 times a game. Sproles thinks he can be more, and it will take only one team to believe he can be, too. Hester likely heads into training camp as the starting fullback

From the SD Union-Tribune