AJ Smith has built the most talented team in the NFL

AJ Smith, in the White, overlooks the defense going through stretching in Mini Camp.

AJ Smith, the GM of the Chargers, has built the most talented and deep team in the NFL. Those are not only my beliefs but many other pundits as well. This is the second year under Coach Turner and Ted Cottrell and they took this team, with many of the top players injured, all the way to the AFCCG. The Chargers offense and defense should make even more strides this year with the same systems and coaches in place. This will be Rivers second year as a starter with the same HC and OC. That fact has already shown itself in Mini Camp as Rivers looked smooth and confident throwing the ball timely. Rivers showed no ill effects from his surgery this off season.

AJ Smith has excelled in the draft, but also in bringing in talent through UDFA, and FA. This year AJ Smith seems to have filled every area with depth and top talent. With the recent addition of Newberry and LJ Shelton, AJ Smith has strengthened the depth of the Oline with talented and experienced players to make even the Oline as a position of depth on this extremely talented NFL Team. The Chargers are ready and AJ Smith has done a remarkable job.

From Chargers.com (For the whole article click link below):

Executive Vice President - General Manager

Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith has assembled one of the NFL’s most talented rosters. Named by Forbes Magazine as the NFL's top general manager in 2006, Smith has overseen a renaissance in San Diego as the Chargers have won two straight AFC West titles and three of the last four. Since President and CEO Dean Spanos named Smith as his general manager in 2003, the Chargers have won 50 games, including a franchise-record 14 in ’06.

Smith made one of the shrewdest moves of his career when he recommended that Spanos hire Norv Turner as the Chargers’ new head coach following the 2006 season. Turner proved to be an astute hire, leading the Bolts to an AFC West title with a record of 11-5 in the regular season before leading the Chargers to within a game of Super Bowl XLII. The Chargers beat the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Wild Card Playoffs, winning their first playoff game since 1995, and a week later, they went on the road and knocked the defending Super Bowl Champion Colts out of the playoffs in the Divisional round.

Before the 2007 playoffs even began, Spanos rewarded Smith with a five-year contract extension on Jan. 1, 2008 that will keep him with the Chargers through the 2014 season.