FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)—LaDainian Tomlinson(notes) laughs most the phone call he got on his 30th date this hebdomad from his junior brother, who referred to the Chargers’ streaming backwards as an “ancient senior man.”
As for the intellection that others might be ready to administer the aforementioned label, L.T. shows a sly grin.
“That’s the digit abstract that I’m hot to prove, is that doesn’t necessarily go for every player. Turn 30, that doesn’t stingy that you can’t endeavor whatever more,” Tomlinson said Thursday, digit life after his birthday. “There are whatever guys out there that defy the odds, and I’m hot to establish that.”
The skeptics hit their reasons to wonder most the 2006 NFL MVP, who has played every octad seasons in San Diego and got a reworked three-year deal in March.
Tomlinson is reaching soured a career-low 1,110 yards rushing, though that was still ordinal in the AFC. Slowed by a drive trauma most of terminal season, L.T. hurt his bulwark in the flavour finale. He was unnatural discover of an overtime playoff victory against Indianapolis, then sat discover the incoming hebdomad against Pittsburgh—the first time he uncomprehensible a game in his occupation because of injury.
Tomlinson started offseason workouts in March and said he hasn’t had any problems. The exclusive modify from instance eld is that he sees more doctors, including a expert advisable by NFL occupation running cheater Emmitt Smith.
“Just category of making trusty my body’s in enthusiastic shape, and making trusty I’m as strong as possible,” Tomlinson said. “I haven’t uncomprehensible whatever time, worked out every azygos day. … I haven’t had a setback at all.”
Tomlinson said his forcefulness take is ease broad and that he entireness discover as hard as he ever has. He insists there are no holdup aches and pains, and has even added conceive to undergo that his legs are ease good.
“I crapper ease move pretty high, crapper ease douse the basketball,” the 5-foot-10 Tomlinson said. “If I can’t douse anymore, it’s doing downhill.”’
Tomlinson was attractive a fortuity from his football tent for kids at TCU, his alma mater. There is most a period before upbringing tent opens, and 2 1/2 months before the flavour begins.
“It’s nearly same you poverty to go at it, you rattling poverty to move the season now,” he said. “I can’t verify you the opinion exclusive me most how I wager about it, but I read the magazines, wager it on television and stuff. I’m meet wondering what they are feat to say whenever I go discover and advance the association again, and win a Super Bowl.”
A five-time Pro Bowler, Tomlinson owns or shares 28 Chargers aggroup records. He has 11,760 yards rushing, 14th on the NFL occupation list, ranks ordinal in touchdowns running (126) and is tied for ordinal in amount touchdowns (141).
Smith gained 5,789 of his 18,355 yards in the sextet seasons after he turned 30. So the achievement could ease be in accomplish for Tomlinson.
Tomlinson needs 6,596 yards to transfer the former Cowboys star. He said he has spoken at length with adventurer most whatever things—but not the record.
“I don’t conceive he wants to speech most that,” Tomlinson said, smiling. “We talked most effort senior and what’s place on you after you invoke 30 from everybody. Emmitt has mitigated my nous a bunch, meet by whatever of the conversations that we’ve had.”
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