Chargers chatter

Some comments from the Chargers locker room after the game:

QB Philip Rivers
(on if he thought he'd play the whole game)
"Yeah, I thought so. Obviously you never know, but based on Friday and the week of rehab we had, I felt like I’d be able to make it. And it held up pretty good. It really was no impact on my play. I couldn’t move around quite as good as I maybe could have needed to on a couple occasions, but it really didn’t have an impact as far as throwing and those kind of things."

DE Luis Castillo
(on the team and Rivers)
"You look at this year and the things we fought back from and it took some courage to get to this point. It took a lot of work, a lot of unity and a lot of belief in each other. You look at the way this team has fought back and it was a great run. Unfortunately, we just couldn’t finish. I will say this though, Philip Rivers, is the most courageous teammate I ever had and the most courageous man I have ever seen. For him to go out there and play today, nobody will ever comprehend what that means. I never doubted for one second, after seeing him on Monday and the things he went through, I never doubted for one second that Philip Rivers wouldn’t be on that field. "

RB LaDainian Tomlinson
(on his injury)
"I just have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully with rest, it’s not torn or anything, but it is an MCL and hopefully with rest I’ll be fine."

CB Antonio Cromartie
(on his interception)
"It was man on man defense and once I got my man wrapped up on a crossing route, I just dropped off in to a zone and just read him. Once I got the ball, I just tried to create a play. I thought I could get out there and I thought I had an opportunity to take it all the way."

RB Michael Turner
(on Junior Seau and Patriots defense)
"Their defense stepped up and they made a couple of good plays. He’s been around for a long time and I guess he watched taped on us and saw that when we were in a certain formation that we would run that play and he made a good jump on it and made a good play."

DE Igor Olshansky
(on his comments from last week and the reaction from the Patriots)
"It was nothing I couldn’t handle. The left guard a little bit (said things) but it was all friendly. Why would I have regrets? I didn’t say anything disrespectful. Two great football teams played today and we laid everything on the line. I’m sure the fans enjoyed the competition today it was a great effort on both parts. We are a great team. People say (the Patriots) are one of the greatest teams ever and we gave them everything we had."