The Chargers put a heavy physical load on their wide receivers.
Perhaps they should pull back a tad this season. Here's how: run the ball better and line up two tight ends more often.
The dividend could be better durability for the receivers, not a strength of San Diego's wideout units in recent years.
The Chargers rely heavily on three-receiver formations and, like most NFL offenses, skew toward the pass.
Both approaches bear fruit, but the wideouts take the brunt of the workload. Hey, someone has to pay a steeper price for all the offense the NFL craves and fosters, and in San Diego's offense, it's the receivers.