The Chargers placed backup LB Jyles Tucker on season-ending injured reserve, a league source told NFL Network’s Jason La Canfora.

Leading by six points, facing fourth-and-2 at their own 28-yard line, with 2 minutes and eight seconds left in the game, the Patriots elected to gamble.

Eagles RB Brian Westbrook (concussion) is active, but LT Jason Peters (ankle) is out. Chargers LBs Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips will start in Sunday’s tilt in San Diego.

The NFL fined Chargers DB Eric Weddle $7,500 for unnecessary roughness, according to a league source.

The Eagles and Chargers have one of the longest — and star-studded — injury reports of the week.

Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski writes that the Chiefs made the right move by releasing Larry Johnson, largely because LJ was definitely no Priest Holmes.

The 2009 Bengals are no longer the same old squad, as evidenced by their 17-7 win over the Ravens on Sunday. They are, according to Cincinnati Enquirer columnist Paul Daugherty, the New Same Old Bengals (NSOBs).

This is an ultra competitive league, and if Larry Johnson is on the street as an unrestricted free agent, I’d expect someone to bring him in on the cheap.

The Chargers will have to wait at least another week before the return of starting C Nick Hardwick who was listed as out for Sunday’s game against the Giants on the team’s injury report. He hasn’t played since suffering an ankle injury in Week 1.

Teams have released their Week 9 injury reports through Thursday. Here’s a look at some of the notable names.

Teams have released their Week 9 injury reports through Wednesday. Here’s a look at some of the notable names.

The San Diego Union-Tribune writes that Sunday’s game at Giants Stadium is, indeed, a defining moment for this Chargers season.

Panthers QB Jake Delhomme (chest) and Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin (ankle) were the marquee players injured during Sunday’s afternoon games.

Chargers LB Tim Dobbins was carted off the field during the second quarter against the Raiders with an undisclosed injury, but he later returned.

What’s done is done, and could Bengals RB Cedric Benson feel any better about it?