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Dickerson: Chargers have 'great shot' to outdo Rams

Unwinding at a San Diego resort Sunday, former Los Angeles Rams great Eric Dickerson recalled his reaction 15 months ago upon learning that NFL owners had just given the San Diego Chargers the choice of joining the Rams in L.A.

“I thought that was a joke – the Chargers coming to L.A.,” Dickerson said.

Dean Spanos took his fellow NFL owners up on the offer, announcing this past January that he will move the team from San Diego, its home since 1961, to greater Los Angeles effective July.

The Spanoses, who include Dean’s sons and Chargers executives A.