Tuesday Aug. 5th 2008 Charger Camp

The beautiful 75 degree day started off in Chargers Park in the 7 on 7's with Rivers at QB in run drills.
Several of the first plays went to none other than the great LT #21 above. LT looks every bit the Super Star that he is. Yes even in camp LT flashes brilliance.
This running play is handed off to Jacob Hester #22 above.
#35 Mike Tolbert FB blocks for Hester down field in the above picture. Tolbert works with the first unit.
#47 Wade Betschart FB/TE was also working with the first unit. It seems Betschart and Tolbert are in a heated competition. I think Tolbert will win this battle but the Chargers are giving Betschart every opportunity. Maybe this is all for nothing if Pinnock reclaims his position but I think the three will be allowed to compete.
Again Betschart #47 lines up as a FB in the above picture along with Rivers #17 at QB.
Above is a nice pass reception by Betschart #17 downfield.

Brandon Manumaleuna #86 shows off his great hands in this fight for a reception down field and Manu comes away with the completion, above.

Legedu Naanee #11 had several nice receptions on the day and this is one of them where the ball was thrown where only he could catch it before it hits the ground. Naanee also looked good on the day.

Kassim Osgood #81 misses a pass thrown right too him, it hits him right in the hands and he drops it. The crowd murmurs "that's why Osgood doesn't see many passes."
But on the next play Rivers hits Osgood #81 on a quick slant across the middle and Osgood is off to the races for some very nice YAC, in the above picture. That sure quieted the crowd down. Osgood filled in for an injured Vincent Jackson who was on the field but not dressed. And Osgood also caught several passes today.
Chris Chambers #89 makes a nice reception above. Chambers is going to have a great year, if camp is any indication of the season.
Buster Davis #84 beats out Cason #20 along the sidelines for a nice reception down field in this above picture.
For the play of the day #3 Marco Thomas WR shows off some surprising speed and Wow's the crowd with an over the shoulder 50 yard pass reception from Volek and runs it in for a TD.
The defense is not happy and bats up the ball on the next play above, Tra Battle #36 SS picks off the pass from Volek and runs it back for what would be a TD.
Buster Davis #84 makes a tough reception over the middle in the above picture.
Anthony Waters #53 LBer races in to make a tackle in the above Picture. I thought it would be nice to end the post with a picture of Waters showing off some speed.

It really was a peaceful beautiful day in Charger Park today. The players were playing hard especially the defense and if I were to judge I would say the defense on the whole won the day. But the Offense had some good plays too, especially that thrilling 50 yard completion from Volek to Marco Thomas that went for a TD.

ST's were a big feature of the day too, and Scifres, Kaeding, and Vinnedge were all punting the ball in what looked like a competition. Yes Kaeding was punting and was kicking some real distance. But Scifres decided to end the competition with what looked like a 70 yard punt in the air that just hung forever. That ended the punting competition with a huge round of applause from the crowd for Scifres.