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I wish we could've kept him, but he got a great deal in San Deigo.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060804/news_1s4chnotes.html
CHARGERS REPORT
Newcomer McCree in their corner
Safety brings leadership to teammates in secondary
By Kevin Acee
STAFF WRITER
August 4, 2006
Players elsewhere on the defense have begun to speak in hopeful terms about the secondary.
“They look good,” Luis Castillo said. “They're really talking a lot back there.”
That has to be good news to the Chargers decision-makers, who brought in Marlon McCree to play safety in large part because of the experience and leadership he would bring.
To McCree, being a leader at safety means communicating.
“I'm a good field commander while I'm out there,” he said. “ .... Cornerbacks like to hear you. They don't want to have to think. They're great athletes, and they play the toughest position on the field. It makes their job a lot better. They can play a lot more aggressive. It makes your job as a safety better, because if (the corner) can drive and get to a ball and tip it, you're there to get an interception.
“To be a safety you have to be a guy who can run the defense. That's what I've been able to do in the places I've been.”
McCree is currently running with the first team at free safety, but he could move to strong safety by the start of the season. While the free safety is most often seen as the quarterback of the secondary, McCree said it can be the strong safety as well.
“I played strong last year, and I was that guy,” he said of his time at Carolina. “I played free safety in other places, and I was that guy. It doesn't matter as long as the safety is loud and uses hand signals when appropriate.”
And further down in the article is this (hope they don't lose anyone overboard):
Naval walk-through
The Chargers will hold their walk-through next Friday, the day before their first exhibition game, aboard the carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
Some 1,000 sailors will watch practice from the edge of a 60-yard field on the carrier's deck and then dine with the Chargers.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060804/news_1s4chnotes.html
CHARGERS REPORT
Newcomer McCree in their corner
Safety brings leadership to teammates in secondary
By Kevin Acee
STAFF WRITER
August 4, 2006
Players elsewhere on the defense have begun to speak in hopeful terms about the secondary.
“They look good,” Luis Castillo said. “They're really talking a lot back there.”
That has to be good news to the Chargers decision-makers, who brought in Marlon McCree to play safety in large part because of the experience and leadership he would bring.
To McCree, being a leader at safety means communicating.
“I'm a good field commander while I'm out there,” he said. “ .... Cornerbacks like to hear you. They don't want to have to think. They're great athletes, and they play the toughest position on the field. It makes their job a lot better. They can play a lot more aggressive. It makes your job as a safety better, because if (the corner) can drive and get to a ball and tip it, you're there to get an interception.
“To be a safety you have to be a guy who can run the defense. That's what I've been able to do in the places I've been.”
McCree is currently running with the first team at free safety, but he could move to strong safety by the start of the season. While the free safety is most often seen as the quarterback of the secondary, McCree said it can be the strong safety as well.
“I played strong last year, and I was that guy,” he said of his time at Carolina. “I played free safety in other places, and I was that guy. It doesn't matter as long as the safety is loud and uses hand signals when appropriate.”
And further down in the article is this (hope they don't lose anyone overboard):
Naval walk-through
The Chargers will hold their walk-through next Friday, the day before their first exhibition game, aboard the carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
Some 1,000 sailors will watch practice from the edge of a 60-yard field on the carrier's deck and then dine with the Chargers.
