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...
asks fine good hear rumors
I don't know where the rumors come from. But if you hear something, and someone asks you and you say it is fine that should be good enough.
coach country rampant rumors running
These rumors are running rampant all over the country. We're fine. Coach will be back in '06. There never was a doubt.
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.
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.
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.
aware explore
Now, we're not aware of any of that, but we'd like to explore that.
exactly factor mind value
We already have a value set in our mind; that is not a factor at all. We know exactly what we do and we have a way of doing our business.
free heard impact leaf ownership past selection using whether
I've heard that for a long, long time. I wasn't even here during the Leaf era. Our ownership was. But I can tell you this, we are open-minded to anything, whether it's using the first selection on a quarterback or getting one in free agency. If it's a first-spot quarterback, so be it. The past will not have an impact on the pick.
looks tender until window
It looks like we've got a window now, from when the tender is signed, until Dallas.
concern diego help main san surgery win worry
I told him going into surgery that we were going to try to get a long-term deal. I told him not to worry about it during rehab. My main concern is for him to get healthy, come back and help the San Diego Chargers win a championship.
business comment complete until
We don't have any comment on our business until we're complete with our business.
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.
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.
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.