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...your top pick? [San Diego Chargers running back] LaDainian Tomlinson...
Alexander wasn't exactly right. San Diego Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson declined the offer in 2007, though not because he was superstitious; Tomlinson's reps weren't swayed by the reported $100,000 to $200,000 deal EA Sports, the game's manufacturer, offers players for use of their likeness. But even among a group renowned for being superstitious - athletes have tried to bust slumps by donning women's underwear, eating the same meal each day and performing elaborate foul-line rituals - talk of a Madden Curse doesn't seem to have caught much traction. And for good reason. Most...
...Brady and Manning so much the face of those franchises, fans take a little pass on that other stuff. And just look at the other non-criminals at the top of their games. Old-man Favre, an all-time good guy, is enjoying a revival in Green Bay. LaDainian Tomlinson of the Chargers is all class. Heck, even Terrell Owens has behaved (so far) this year...
...you want to learn why LaDainian Tomlinson, who is tearing up the National Football League's storied record book as if it were a piece of junk mail, is the best football player in the world? Let's step into his classroom. Lesson One: take a trip to the local variety store, where you can find a whirring fan and a deck of cards. "There's this trick where you throw a card up in the air when a fan is blowing and you try to catch it," Tomlinson, the San Diego Chargers running back, explains in his Texas drawl...
...make a play for them,” he said. “They have a lot of weapons. You take one away, they’ve got three or four other guys to go to.”Perhaps the best of them all was running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who rumbled for 134 clock-killing yards on 25 carries to accompany two touchdowns. The pair of scores extended his NFL record for consecutive games with a rushing touchdown to 16 contests.“Offensively, we just didn’t do enough to help our defense...