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debate. His opinion might shock you." BFTB EditorialsPay This Man His Money!New http://www.thechargerslockerroom.com/authentic-justin-jones-jersey ,101commentsYou know Louis Gorini had to get into this Melvin Gordon contract debate. His opinion might shock you.PDTHere I am again; almost two and a half years to the date where I emphatically was making the case for the Chargers to re sign another controversial Melvin. I was one of the few to have the opinion of the then San Diego Chargers, absolutely needing to lock up Melvin Ingram at whatever cost necessary. I read the comments and all the tweets calling me crazy: “He is injury prone... He only had one season of double digit sacks...He is not an impact player...” Looks like that all turned out well for the Bolts no?So like I said, here I am again, the lone brave member of the BFTB squad who is once again called upon to voice a very unpopular opinion; the Chargers need to re sign another Melvin, this time Melvin Gordon. This will be a more heroic and brave showing than Jon Snow drawing his sword as a hoard of troops riding on horses comes barreling towards him in the Battle of the Bastards. So lets debunk each of the popular criticisms to re-signing this elite back (yea I said it elite) shall we?Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports“The Chargers don’t need Gordon, they were fine with Austin Ekeler, Justin Jackson, and Detrez Newsome when Gordon was out last year due to injury.” Really? Those backs were fine filling in for a couple of games but in no way shape or form would Los Angeles have as an effective offense if all three of the aforementioned were forced to be major contributors. I don’t care what the numbers say, Ekeler (who I am a huge fan of), will not be as efficient or effective if forced to have a primary role for 2 reasons, durability, and the fact that the coaching staff have forced him to play the same role as Gordon, as oppose to catering to his unique skill sets. Once again, I know what the numbers say about Ekeler, but those numbers are from a small sample size. Is it really logical to think he can keep up his efficiency if he saw a 35% increase in touches? And do you really trust an offensive coordinator who was having trouble how to use Hunter Henry a couple of years back to maximize the talent of Ekeler? Yea I don’t either. The Chargers built this offense around Gordon and it has paid them dividends. He has taken the pressure off an at best average offensive line and an aging quarterback. Remember how this offense looked before Gordon with players like Ronnie Brown, and Branden Oliver? Rivers was chucking the ball around Womens Kyzir White Jersey , getting killed every drop back because of the lack of the running game. Oh and side note, the people that are saying Ekeler can be the main back now are the same people who said the Chargers will be fine for years starting Branden Oliver at the running back position because if you extrapolate the data it shows that he would be amazing (insert eye rolling emoji)!This leads us to our next criticism, “Melvin Gordon is injury prone! He missed 9 games in 4 years!” But has he? Does anyone remember in 2016, when the Chargers were putrid? Gordon got hurt late in the year during the Texans game and then the Chargers made the business decision to pretty much sit him for the rest of the year because they were going nowhere (they finished 5-11). If Los Angeles had something to play for Gordon would have been available to finish out the season. So in essence, Gordon has missed 6 games in 4 years, not exactly injury prone. Oh, lets not forget one of my favorites, “You don’t pay a running back big money! If they re-sign Gordon they will be in salary cap hell! They have more important players coming up that they need to extend over Gordon!” Where do I start with these falsehoods? First of all, the salary cap is fake. Look at what the GMs for the Eagles, Vikings, and Falcons have done throughout the years. They have been creative on structuring deals so they can keep or obtain new talent. So yes there is a salary cap every team needs to adhere to, but all that means is that Tom Telesco is going to have to think outside the box with bonus/deal structures for the players they need to re sign. Oh and let’s not forget some players who will no longer be with L.A. at the end of this season due to age or performance (Okung, Mebane, etc). That frees up some space to on the salary cap. Speaking of that salary cap, it pretty much goes up every year and no one knows what it is going to look like in 2-3 years from now, so please everyone stop with the salary cap mularky Virgil Green Jersey , the Chargers will be able to re sign Gordon and the rest of the core if TT puts on his thinking cap. You don’t pay a running back big money! But do you know who you should pay big money to? Your best players, and Gordon is one of the Chargers best offensive weapons. Just by using the eye test, when Gordon wasn’t in for Los Angeles they looked extremely sluggish. Kyle Terada-USA TODAY SportsWhat has Tom Telesco’s mantra been? “We want to build through the draft.” Translation, for the most part we will not focus on the flashy, high priced veterans during free agency, but instead we will draft cheap talent, cultivate it, and re sign our own because when we re sign our own it usually is cheaper than signing an external free agent who is equally as talented. Passing on Gordon would make Los Angeles look completely idiotic.If they didn’t value the running back position why did they draft one in the first round? Also, what was the thought process of drafting Gordon. They must have saw something in him and thought he would be good, that is why they invested so much capital in him. So they were right, a player they drafted a couple of years back is good, and now that he is good they don’t want to re sign him? That is just bad business. The hopes are (especially for a team’s first round selection), that the player you draft performs well so that you can offer them a second contract and continue building the team up as oppose to re starting every 4 years. So if the Chargers believe in building through the draft, why would they let one of their hits leave in free agency. It is not like they will be active next offseason during the free agency period.Listen to what Gordon has said. He has never said he wants to be the top paid back in the league. He just wants to be in the vacinity which is asbolutely fair for what he has done for the team. Gordon is a good kid to, he is not a thug like LeVeon Bell (who has been suspended for not being able to lay off the damn WEED!). He is beloved in the locker room and has improved every year. The Chargers are still fighting for a Super Bowl and L.A., if they have any chance winning those fights they will have to have Gordon in the backfield shouldering the load. The Oakland Raiders spent the first quarter of the season getting close before finally breaking through for their first win against the Cleveland Browns.A lopsided loss to the Los Angeles Chargers looked like a step back http://www.thechargerslockerroom.com/authentic-mike-pouncey-jersey , even if coach Jon Gruden tried to put a positive spin on the game Monday."I think there's a lot of good things, honestly, that happened yesterday," Gruden said about the 26-10 loss before ticking off a list of problems. "The scoreboard was lousy, the field positon was bad, we gave up some big plays that was not good. Terrible interception in the red zone. There's some negative things that are still resonating with me and Raider Nation."Gruden then went on to praise the play of eight rookies, including tackle Brandon Parker and defensive tackle P.J. Hall, fill-in left guard Jon Feliciano, and some good plays made by Derek Carr outside of a costly interception on first-and-goal from the 1."I'm going to continue to emphasize the good and do everything I can to fix the things that are bad, because most of the things that are bad, my fingerprints are all over," Gruden said.It was not easy to sugarcoat this game, which marked the first time all season the Raiders (1-4) never held a lead. The pass rush generated little pressure, the defense created no turnovers, special teams provided no short fields, and Carr threw an interception at the worst time possible.With the Raiders trailing 20-3 and looking to mount a comeback late in the third quarter Womens Isaac Rochell Jersey , Oakland had the ball first-and-goal from the Los Angeles 1. Despite the presence of powerful back Marshawn Lynch, Gruden opted to call for a play-action pass on first down.When no one broke open immediately, Carr held onto the ball before trying to force it to Derek Carrier in the end zone instead of throwing the ball away. Melvin Ingram was right there for an interception, marking the second time this season the decision to use Lynch as a decoy at the goal line backfired.Fullback Keith Smith was stopped on a fourth-down run from the 1 in a 20-19 loss at Denver last month. And of course, Lynch is still smarting from another goal-line interception that cost him a Super Bowl title in Seattle back in the 2014 season.Lynch tossed his helmet up in frustration as he left the field and didn't play the rest of the day as the Raiders were in their hurry-up offense for their only remaining drive.Gruden said he threw his visor and helmet in anger as well, and that frustration was something he had in common with Lynch. He still stood by the play call even if the execution didn't work."We were down 20-3. It wasn't the last play of the Super Bowl. We were down 20-3," he said. "It was first-and-goal, trying to save as much time as we can with a play-action pass."The Raiders have little time to dwell on this loss with a trip to London coming up this week to face the Seahawks. Rather than request an East Coast game before the long trip and either practice there or in London for the week, the Raiders opted to stay at home for most of this week.They will practice Tuesday through Thursday at their facility in the Bay Area before taking the long trip to London on Thursday night. They will arrive Friday afternoon and then get ready for the game Sunday night."I hope I can make it, honestly," Gruden said. "I'm not great. I get claustrophobic. My son was a weightlifter and he won a powerlifting competition in Belarus. I had to fly 14 hours. I had to fly home 14 hours. I had vertigo for a month. I couldn't even lay down, the house was spinning. I am hoping I don't get vertigo. I'm not a great traveler. I'll be honest with you, I hate it. I'm not good. I'm concerned. I'm more worried about that than our goal-line offense right now."