A.J. Smith
A.J. Smith
Albert J. "A.J." Smithis a former professional American football executive. Previously, he served as the executive vice president and general manager of the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League...
bringing coaches coaching good job manipulate maybe opportunity players
Was it coaching was it players or did I not do a very good job of bringing in players to give the coaches an opportunity to be more successful? I have to look at that hard. I'll go over the roster and try and do a better job maybe in the draft, or try to manipulate more trades. We will try to get more players in here to get it done.
director football grey help players point send teams wherever worker
Fran was at the Grey Cup. I don't know how many teams actually send a director or scout. My point is he's a tireless worker and he'll look wherever there are players that you think can help your football team win.
marquee middle miss player unless
If you're up top, you get a marquee player through about 10 or 11. If you're in the middle of the pack, you'll miss out on that unless you go up.
against certain giving incredible individual move package pay people player scholars-and-scholarship
If you move up, you're going to pay a price. I wouldn't be against giving up a package for a certain individual who you think is an incredible player, a difference-maker. But the people who go up to do something like that probably think, 'We're a player away from a world championship.' I don't know if we're there yet.
interested player tackling type
I'm not interested in Donnie Edwards' seven-year tackling statistics. I'm only interested in the type of player he is (currently) and the player he may be in the future.
acceptable continue point proposals
Our proposals have not been acceptable at this point and time, but we will continue to talk.
football good great hate lose people team
I think it is great for our people to be considered, but at the same token, you hate to lose some people because it is for your football team that they are good coaches.
agency approach chance chose decided explore free miami offer permission unless wait
That's the way they wanted to approach it. Miami made an offer but was told it was not acceptable. We chose not to. We decided to wait and see if we have a chance in free agency to get him. Unless we had permission to first explore everything involved, we weren't going to make an offer.
answering drew early guess originally question
We are going to try to long-term him. We originally wanted to do this in early February, but I guess Drew was just answering the question honestly.
available deadline philip rivers rumors trading
With the trading deadline approaching Oct. 18, we'd like to put an end to the swirling rumors that Philip Rivers is available for trade. Phillip Rivers will be a Charger for the remainder of the season.
couple deal decision dust entire football letting marquee settle situation time weeks
We are letting the dust settle around here. We are not pressed. We will let it all go for a couple of weeks or more, then it's decision time for the entire football team. I know the quarterback situation is marquee in everyone's minds. But we will deal with it.
acceptable offering willing
We're comfortable with what we're offering and we're willing to go more. It's not acceptable on the other side.
break bring faced practiced pressure quick size
We faced them at a pre-season jamboree and practiced with them over the break so we know they will bring a tough, pressure defense. We'll have a size disadvantage, but we are quick and can jump.
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