The Chargers have announced their five captains for the 2015 season, and none are that surprising.
The Chargers have announced their five Team Captains for the upcoming 2016 season. Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates will lead the team on offense, while that responsibility falls to Manti Te'o and Brandon Mebane on defense, and Darrell Stuckey on Special Teams.
There's nothing surprising or interesting about the choice of offensive captains. Rivers was always going to be voted in as one (I'd be amazed if there was a single person in the entire locker room who didn't vote for him), and it would have been a real slight if the 36-year-old Antonio Gates had been passed over in favor of someone half his age.