Free agent Ghiacuic joined Chargers to replace center Mruczkowski

The San Diego Chargers center Scott Mruczkowski will not play for the team again for this season because he has been placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury, and Eric Ghiacuic was has been signed to the team as his replacement.




Mruczkowski was hurt during the game-winning drive in Sunday’s 27-24 victory against Cincinnati. Mruczkowski started the last 13 games at center after Nick Hardwick hurt an ankle in the season opener at Oakland, requiring surgery. While Mruczkowski was put on IR list, Hardwick might be fine enough to play this Friday night’s game against the Tennessee Titans.

Ghiacuic started 42 of 48 games at center from 2005-08 in Cincinnati Bengals jersey. He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an unrestricted free agent in 2009 but was released after training camp.

Chargers won ninth straight game by beating Bengals 27-24

The San Diego Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding kicked a 52-yard field goal when it was only three seconds before game ended, and the playoff-bound Chargers pulled out a tight 27-24 win over the grieving Cincinnati Bengals, who entered Sunday’s game three days after losing wide receiver Chris Henry.




The winning kick came after Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers moved the Chargers 46 yards in 51 seconds with no timeouts and backup center Dennis Norman snapping after Scott Mruckzkowski was injured. A few minutes after the final gun, the Chargers clinched their fourth straight AFC West title when Denver lost 20-19 to Oakland.

Thus the Chargers won their ninth straight game and clinched a playoff spot before halftime because of other results. The Bolts improved to 17-0 in December dating to 2006.

Wide receiver Chad Ochocinco caught a 49-yard touchdown pass from Carson Palmer to give the Bengals a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter, then the receiver wearing his No.85 Bengals jersey got down on both knees and touched his heart with his right hand. However, the Bengals finally only tied the game at 24 on Shayne Graham’s 34-yard field goal with 54 seconds left.

Chargers RB L.T. set records

All San Diego Chargers fans can keep their No. 21 LaDainian Tomlinson jerseys as valuable collectibles as the running back has moved into eighth place on the career rushing list and become the fastest player to 150 career touchdowns during Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns.




By rushing totally 12,315 career yards, Tomlinson passed Hall of Famer Jim Brown and St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk in the career rushing list, just one week after he passed Marcus Allen and Edgerrin James to take over10th on the list. His total rushing yards is three more than Brown’s 12,312 yards and 36 more than Faulk’s 12,279 yards.

And he reached 150 touchdowns in his 137th game on Sunday. The previous record was made by Emmitt Smith, who had 150 touchdowns in 160 games. So we can be assured that L.T. will keep making more records by rushing more yards and carrying more touchdowns, opening a road to the Hall of Fame.

Three key offensive starters will miss Chargers Sunday’s game

It is very near that the game between the San Diego Chargers and the Baltimore Ravens will begin. However, three Chargers key offensive starters are expected to miss the game on Sunday.




Running back LaDainian Tomlinson, center Nick Hardwick and right guard Louis Vasquez all missed their second straight practice on Thursday, decreasing the chance they’ll play against the vaunted Ravens defense. All of the three had injuries, with Hardwick and Tomlinson’s ankles sprained and Vasquez’s knee sprained.

According to coach Norv Turner, the players who missed Thursday’s practice would have less chance than other guys to play in Sunday’s game.