Are You Ready For Some Football?

One of the greatest days of the year is quickly approaching...the start of a new NFL season. Next week most all NFL teams will open their training camps and begin preparing for the 2009-10 NFL season.

The Chargers are no exception... their camp opens for rookies on the 27th with the vets reporting on the 31st.

The Chargers announced that they will wear their '63 powder-blue throwbacks in the opening game against the Raiders and on week 6 vs Denver. They will wear their '63 road whites in week 7 against the Chiefs. Also the Chargers announced:

In addition to their three games in Throwback uniforms, the Chargers will wear their alternate powder blue jerseys twice, the ones introduced in 2007. They’ll be in the new-look powder blues when the Raiders visit San Diego in Week 8, and they’ll celebrate the team’s 50th Anniversary in the current powder blue jerseys when the Chiefs come to town in Week 12.

Early in the season, the team often chooses to wear white at home to force the opponent to sweat it out in a dark color in the early fall heat. The Chargers did just that in their last two home openers against Chicago and Carolina respectively, and they’ll do so twice this season. San Diego will wear their white jerseys for their first two home games while Baltimore (Week 2) will be in black uniforms and Miami (Week 3) aqua tops.

The Chargers will be in their current navy jerseys for both of their home preseason games, and they’ll wear their current dark look against the Eagles, Bengals and Redskins. Dallas has a longstanding tradition of wearing white at home, so the Chargers will be in their navy jerseys when they visit the new Cowboys Stadium in December.

The NFL season is a long one... and for those Charger fans that want to recall last season the beginning was anything but enjoyable but ended much better... I'm hoping the Bolts can come out and fire on all cylinders.

It will certainly be interesting to see how much of an impact Merriman makes in his return. If LT can return to form and be the dominating presence on the field he once was. Rivers has often been overlooked by the major media but was amongst the best passers in the league last year...hopefully he can continue to quietly be successful. I am also very interested in watching both the offensive and defensive lines...at one time both lines were the driving force of this team and the last couple of seasons I think they have been a glaring weakness on this team.

As usual, I put little stock in scrimmages and preseason football, but noting that they have begun just ramps up the anticipation for the season to begin...

Let's go Chargers!