More creative ways of saying no comment
As you might expect, Chargers players didn't want to go anywhere near the cheating allegations that the Patriots and Bill Belichick are dealing with.
Safety Marlon McCree said he was surprised, but quickly added: "I don't have any comment about that. Those guys up in New York (and the league office) police the league. We've got to just worry about stopping Randy Moss and Donte' Stallworth. I am not getting caught up in what they're doing on the sideline, trust me."
LaDainian Tomlinson's response: "I mean, there ain't nothing I can say about it. It happened already. It's just good that it happened before we played them, obviously."
San Diego coach Norv Turner probably had the most to say about it. Not that any of it was remotely controversial.
"Really, for us it’s not an issue," he said. "Certainly, if you have the signals and what the call is before you make a play call, then that’s an advantage. But there’s a lot that goes into that. I’m not sure how successful that is.”
Would he be mad if it happened to him?
“Sure, you would be. This has been going on in baseball and football for years and years and years. … Defensively, we try to hide our signals. We have a linebacker signal. We use wristbands like a lot of teams do and you do everything you can to keep a team from (stealing signs).”
Would the Chargers do anything different in response?
“We take the same precautions every week," he said. "We change signals on a weekly basis. We have different ways of signaling them in, different ways of calling them in. It’s not been an issue for us.”
Should there be a severe punishment?
“That’s not my position. I’m glad I don’t have to deal with those type of things. ... I think a lot is being made of it. I don’t really know how to answer it. I know there are a lot of different teams that have tried to steal signals. What methods they use I wouldn’t have any idea.”