So I know LT had a down year. And I know a lot of people blame this on the Chargers cutting of super fullback Lorenzo Neal. They do it here too. And here.
But some scatback named Sproles seems to do an okay job without Neal. And he's been doing this all year. The guy's no Michael Turner, but anyone who can tear up Indy's run defense with Bob Sanders on the field can't be doing a half bad job. But the bigger story is that while a steady dose of Sproles and Michael "I thought you were out of football" Bennett worked yesterday, one has to wonder how far the Chargers can ultimately go with a busted LT or with no LT at all. With a game next week against either the stout Run Def of Pittsburgh or the stout Run Def of Tennessee...I'd say not far.
That last ("and here") Lorenzo Neal site has a hilarious Neal quote for those of you who don't click the links:
"I feel like Rudolph," Neal says. "I'm getting left out of the reindeer games. And my red nose is my age. Because of that, they won't let me play."
Notes on the Chargers win over the Colts
