Sidestepping the San Diego City Council, the Chargers plan to take their proposal for a new stadium directly to the voters. Their aim, to get their initiative on the 2006 ballot. The Chargers' proposal calls for a $450 million Super Bowl-quality stadium to be built on the Qualcomm site, with the current stadium torn down when the new one is completed.

San Diego Charters linebacker Carlos Polk tore his left Achilles tendon on Wednesday. Polk is expected to be out for 6-to-9 months and will most likely miss the entire 2005 season. This marks another season of bad luck as Polk was only able to play one game last year after suffering a shoulder injury.

The San Diego Chargers signed their seventh round pick out of Bowling Green on Wednesday. Scott Mruczkowski will complete at center for the Chargers. "I actually came to Bowling Green at the beginning of my career as a tackle," Mruczkowski explained. "I played there my first year?I got redshirted, so I practiced there?and after that I got switched over to guard for the 2001-2002 season. I played guard for two years and then for my junior and senior years I was moved to center. The initially wanted to move me to left tackle because we had an injury there, but the guy out there got healthy so they moved me to center."

He has done this before so it is not too much of a surprise. Offensive lineman Toniu Fonoti was a no-show at the San Diego Chargers first day of a mandatory minicamp. "He's going to be there (today)," Fonoti?s wife U'ilani Fonoti said. "It took longer getting back than he expected. His flight was delayed (Thursday). "It is a pattern," Chargers general manager A.J. Smith said. Fonoti missed the team's minicamp last June and the first day of training camp last summer