Source: Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP)—Chargers outside linebacker Shawne Merriman(notes) won’t play in Thursday night’s exhibition finale at San Francisco due to an Achilles’ tendon injury, and there’s no guarantee he’ll play in the season opener Sept. 13 at Kansas City.

Merriman knows the team is better served with him fully healthy than playing with a hindrance, so he’s not going to just jump back into the lineup.

Coach Norv Turner says the Chargers

Source: NFPost

The San Diego Chargers got down to the NFL roster limit of 75 players by waiving four players and placing rookie third-round linebacker Donald Butler on injured reserve with an Achilles' injury.

They also signed left-footed punter Glenn Pakulak, who has played for the New Orleans Saints and the Washington Redskins.

The team waived running back Marcus Mason, wide receiver Gary Banks, guard Lee Grimes and linebacker Darry Beckwith.

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Source: Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS -- Chris Ivory's college career was a bust.

The Saints gave him a chance anyway, and it is beginning to look like New Orleans may have plucked another exciting running back from the ranks of the undrafted.

Ivory turned a swing pass into a tackle-breaking, zigzagging, 76-yard score, and finished as both the game-high rusher and receiver in New Orleans' 36-21 preseason victory over the San Diego Chargers on Friday night.

Source: Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP)-Chargers running back Ryan Mathews had his nose cauterized in an uncomfortable procedure he says should eliminate nosebleeds that have plagued him during his career.

"It feels like I have a cold right now because I'm so stuffed up," Mathews said. "It wasn't fun, but hopefully it works."

Mathews missed practice but recovered in time to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the San Diego Padres' game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He's expected to practice on Wednesday afternoon and will play on Friday night in an exhibition game at New Orleans.

Source: Associated Press
By Bernie Wilson

SAN DIEGO (AP)-The agent for Vincent Jackson said Wednesday that the San Diego Chargers have given him the impression they aren't inclined to trade the Pro Bowl wide receiver.

Unhappy that he hasn't been given a long-term deal, Jackson hasn't signed the one-year, $3,268,000 contract he was tendered as a restricted free agent. When he didn't sign the tender by June 15, the Chargers were entitled to offer him 110 percent of his 2009 salary, essentially loping $2.5 million off the tender. Because of that, Jackson might sit out the entire season.

Source: Associated Press
By Bernie Wilson

SAN DIEGO (AP)-After two exhibition games without holdout left tackle Marcus McNeill, the San Diego Chargers' company line remains the same-Brandyn Dombrowski is doing just fine protecting Philip Rivers' blind side.

"I've got a lot of confidence in Brandyn," coach Norv Turner said Monday. "His guy has not gotten close to the quarterback."

Dombrowski is a second-year pro who gained significant playing time last year at right guard and right tackle.

Source: USA Today

The Chargers took the news and the depth chart at the offensive line's most critical spot took a hit: Tra Thomas is retiring.
Thomas, a 12-year veteran and three-time Pro Bowler with the Eagles, was signed as an insurance policy in case Marcus McNeill stayed out. McNeill is doing just that, upset that the team will not offer him a long-term contract.

So when McNeill's position became clear before training camp, general manager A. J. Smith sends a shot across McNeill's bow by bringing in Thomas.

But the wear and tear on Thomas was too much. He got through the early stages of camp and then was forced to undergo minor knee surgery. Upon his return, it was clear his body could no longer hold up.