Checking on Chargers and Padres

Padres radio broadcaster Ted Leitner in the home booth in April 2017. (Hayne Palmour IV/San Diego Union-Tribune)A few quick hits on the Chargers:

Philip Rivers, though still the face of the franchise, is less of a media presence in greater Los Angeles than he was in San Diego.

A publicity tour is asked of a top draftee who goes to L.A., and safety Derwin James appeared comfortable with the attention.

The tight end group looks generic, absent Hunter Henry and Antonio Gates.

Can the Chargers attack the middle of the field as well as they’d like? Keenan Allen is lethal as a slot receiver but is also needed outside. They like to run their speedsters across the shallow middle. Bringing Gates back…