Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Like any 60-year-old kid with a vivid imagination, Norv Turner needed some things to play with. He wanted toys. So Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith went shopping at the FAO Schwarz in NFL Free Agent Mall, grabbed all the expensive novelties his budget would allow, dumped them into his head coach's room and said: "Here, son. Have a ball. Just don't break anything."

And it isn't as though the man who runs the Chargers offense was given too many playthings to handle at once. Norv knows what to do with them. And if all goes well — ifs, as in health, play huge parts here — this could be the most exciting offense we've seen around here since Air Coryell was pulled out of the hangar.

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