Ryan Mathews Injury: Absence of Feature Back Won’t Derail Chargers’ Season

August 11, 2012   ·   Steven Cook   ·   Jump to comments

The San Diego Chargers received some brutal news after their first preseason game of 2012. According to Michael Gehlken of U-T San Diego, running back Ryan Mathews will be out four to six weeks with a broken clavicle. 
However, the bad news from Southern California will only be a minor speed bump in the Chargers' season. It won't doom Norv Turner's squad.
This team has been a passing team in recent years, and it will be for the foreseeable future. Despite the struggles from star quarterback Philip Rivers in 2011, the Chargers are poised to right their wrongs in the passing game.
Even though they lost one of their top targets, Vincent Jackson, by way of free agency, San Diego did a good job of bolstering its receiving core with the acquisitions of Robert Meachem and Eddie Royal.
Meachem brings big-play potential to the outside, as he did with Drew Brees in his time with New Orleans. His new QB, Rivers, has proven to be one of the most gutsy gunners in the league...

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