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Originally Posted by Cochise
You can't build a line in one offseason, and we need 4 players.
I just hope he's better at the end of the year than the start.
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San Diego built a line in one year in 2004. They had 5 new starters (tho 2 players moved to different positions), and the line gelled by year's end. They started two rookie linemen with Nick Hardwick at C and Shane Olivea at RT, and brought in a veteran stop gap at LT (Roman Oben).
That year, Drew Brees blossomed after struggling for 3 seasons. The chargers thought so little of brees, they took Eli Manning no. 1 overall and traded him for Philip Rivers plus a 1st they turned into shawn merriman in 2005.
Also, Antonio Gates came from nowhere (undrafted rookie FA) to set the NFL record to TE touchdowns in a season.