On Tuesday, October 15^th, the San Diego Chargers decided to do everything they could to maintain the momentum of their recent win streak (2 games) by giving up a 2008 second round draft pick and acquiring Chris Chambers from the Miami Dolphins. In what has been an extremely disappointing first 6 weeks of the season, the Chargers front office brilliantly added a talented receiver to an offense that desperately needs some help in the WR department and may just be the missing link to a potential Super Bowl caliber team.

Clearly the market value of Chambers was well below the sacrifice of a second round draft pick (look at Moss in his trade this summer with the Patriots…they only gave up a fourth round pick for this seasons candidate for offensive MVP). However, the Chargers had to make a move and had to do something to continue the momentum of the past two weeks where the offense has finally been clicking. If you look at the first four games of the season where the offense produced pathetic numbers and did nothing to keep their defense off of the field. The blame was not so much on Norv Turner and his play calling or the lack of blocking from the offensive line, but was solely on the production of the receiving corp (excluding Antonio Gates). Through the first 4 games of the season, the Chargers receivers ranked last in almost every category, yards and receptions, for any starting receiving unit in the league. If it were not for Gates, the Chargers passing offense would have been ranked dead last in the league. Clearly there was a need to find a weapon in the receiving corp and they found one in Chambers.

For the first time in Philip Rivers career he will have a viable receiving option besides Gates and Tomlinson. Chambers will provide a deep threat that will open the middle of the field for Gates and also underneath routes for Tomlinson. Better yet, Turner will finally have a talented receiver that can open his offense up.

Back in the 1990’s during the Cowboys dynasty, Turner guided one of the most dominate offenses of that time. That team had talented QB in Troy Aikman, a Hall of Famer in Emmit Smith, a mismatching TE in Jay Novechek, and a dominant WR in Michael Irving. With Tuesday’s addition of Chambers to the Chargers offense, there may be finally be the same type of QB, RB, TE and WR that Turner’s offense once had in Dallas.

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