San Diego Tribune: The Chargers came close to making another deal
at the trading deadline, league sources said Sunday. Raiders
running back Michael Bush was almost a Charger before the Raiders
backed out just before the 1 p.m. deadline, sources said.
According to a Bay Area source, the sides were close on terms,
believed to be a second-day pick, before the Raiders pulled the
deal. Asked about the negotiations, Chargers General Manager A.J.
Smith neither confirmed nor denied there had been talks. Smith has
worked a deal three of the past four trading deadlines, including
high-profile swaps of draft picks for receiver Keenan Mccardell in
2004 and receiver Chris Chambers in 2007. Smith also traded Toniu
Fonoti to the Vikings for a seventh-round draft pick in 2005.
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