No LT Means More Bad News For Fins
LT ruled out for Sunday's game
By TODD WRIGHT
Updated 5:45 PM EDT, Fri, Sep 25, 2009
As if an 0-2 start and a cross country flight on a short week wasn't bad enough, the San Diego injury report brought the worst possible news for the Dolphins.
LaDainian Tomlinson: Out.
Oh no! It's not often not facing a future Hall of Famer is a bad thing, but this is one of those instances. The Fins had to be secretly praying that LT's sprained ankle healed for Sunday's match up.
LT is probably the only person on the Chargers linebacker Channing Crowder could actually cover one-on-one and that's being generous to Crowder. And now we have to worry about safety Gibril Wilson trying to get Darren Sproles to the ground.
Advantage: San Diego. Huge advantage.
Coach Sparano should not take this news lying down. Maybe the Dolphins should send Ricky Williams to the Chargers training facility to do a little herbal healing on LT's sore right ankle and get him better by kick off.
Anything to get LT back on the field and keep the Chargers super dynamo off it.
And holding the ball for 45 minutes won't help much against Sproles either because he handles kick-offs, too. He could do Peyton Manning damage in 12 seconds flat.
So put another mark in the "Bad News" column for the Fins, who are in desperate need of some good fortune. Maybe Crowder has Sproles on his fantasy team.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC Miami
First Published: Sep 25, 2009 4:27 PM EDT
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