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 who insisted he was Todd Gurley.The Los Angeles Chargers' durable running back doesn't look a whole lot like his Los Angeles Rams counterpart. That didn't dissuade the fan Cheap Keenan Allen Jersey , he recalled with a grimace."I'm just starting to figure out that people just see a man with dreads and muscles and be like, 'Oh, he's such and such,'" Gordon said. "Because I get called Derrick Henry, too, and I don't even look close to Derrick Henry, or Todd. ... Sometimes you can be understandable, but when you argue with me about being that person, that's when it's an issue."Heading into his fifth season in the Chargers' backfield and his second year in LA, Gordon is poised to make sure everybody knows his name this fall.Gordon got better as last season went on for the Chargers, becoming fresher and more dangerous during their late surge into the playoff race. Looking back, Gordon realizes he improved because he got healthier — so he took steps to make sure he would be fresh from the start of training camp for the grind of the regular season."I'm trying to do the most I can Drew Kaser Jersey , because you never know," Gordon said. "I feel good. I haven't been feeling like this in a while now, for about a couple of years, and I've just been having to push through it. I think that little time I took off kind of helped me out a lot."Gordon stayed away from the Chargers during part of organized team activities this year, altering his offseason preparations to keep himself fresh. He picked up a nagging knee injury early last season while pushing himself to impress first-year coach Anthony Lynn, and his season picked up speed only when the knee began to heal. His final five games of the season were outstanding, and he finished as the NFL's seventh-leading rusher with a career-high 1,105 yards and eight touchdowns.Gordon credits his improved health for the surge, but also his mental toughness."I've always felt like it's a mindset really toward the end of the year, how you approach it," Gordon said. "Some guys go through those first eight weeks of the season, guys that are excited to play Cheap Mike Williams Jersey , excited to put on the uniform, but then it gets old. Then guys are trying to stay healthy, and then guys that were coming in trying to make those tackles aren't really trying to make those tackles anymore. To me, my mindset is, I'm going to make you pay. You think it's going to be a breeze your last eight weeks, and I'm going to turn it up."Gordon has steadily evolved as a versatile back in his four NFL seasons since leaving Wisconsin. He also caught 58 passes for 476 yards last year, and he didn't fumble all year until the season finale."I thought he was healthy. That's the biggest difference that I saw on Melvin," Lynn said. "He looked healthy. He had some juice, and he's a strong guy, has a lot of stamina. As the season went on, he just got stronger."Along with his improved health, Gordon also expects to get a boost from the addition of center Mike Pouncey Cheap Kyzir White Jersey , a punishing run-blocker for the Miami Dolphins for the past seven seasons. The Chargers had one of the NFL's worst yards-per-carry averages last season (3.8), and Pouncey could be a key to unlocking longer runs."The way he gets to the second level for those blocks, it's crazy," Gordon said.The Chargers already picked up Gordon's fifth-year contract option for 2019, but he knows the upcoming season will have a major impact on the length and size of his next contract — and he isn't afraid of the scrutiny.Gordon realizes that his optimism and enthusiasm can be contagious for the Chargers, but only when he's healthy and productive. After appearing in all 16 games last fall for the first time in his career, he's hoping for production to match Gurley or any other running back who kind of looks like him this fall."I just see Melvin running around healthy," Lynn said. "And when a guy is running around healthy, you know he's in a different mindset. He's having fun. He's enjoying the game." The Tennessee Titans made a coaching change after winning their first playoff game in 14 years to rev up Marcus Mariota and the offense.So far, the Titans have taken a major step backward on offense with their first-time head coach and his offensive coordinator who had never called plays in a regular-season game until last month."We're not going to have a mid-season report," coach Mike Vrabel said Monday. "We're not going to have a State of the Union Address. We're going to try to get better. We're going to try to improve it. We're going to try to take what we have and give them the best opportunity to go make some plays. We have to get the quarterback going and improve this week."The Titans (3-3) have little time to address the offensive problems before leaving for the franchise's first game in London against the Los Angeles Chargers (4-2).They now have lost two straight games in which they didn't score a single touchdown. The skid follows a three-game winning streak where they won a third game without scoring a TD with coordinator Matt LaFleur and the Titans showing plenty of creativity to work around a variety of injuries on offense.The offensive woes include:— Only 87 points scored, ahead of only Arizona (82) and Buffalo (76) — a team that beat Tennessee 13-12 on Oct. 7.— A 21-0 loss to Baltimore was the franchise's first shutout at home since leaving Texas for Tennessee in 1997.— A season-low 106 yards total offense.— Derrick Henry ran a season-low seven times against Baltimore in a run game Vrabel said http://www.chargerscheapshops.com/cheap-authentic-virgil-green-jersey , "We weren't able to commit to."— A passing attack that ranks 30th in the NFL, ahead of only Buffalo and Arizona, a pair of teams starting rookie quarterbacks.— Giving up 11 sacks in a single game after allowing only nine through the first five games. Marcus Mariota was sacked more times than he completed passes (10). According to NFL research, since 1960 only the Packers gave up a higher percentage of sacks on pass attempts (44 percent) in a loss to Detroit in 1965 than the Titans (42.3 percent)"We've got to get back to the drawing board, continue to work on our process and see what we can do better," Mariota said.The Titans have talent with a pair of Heisman Trophy winners in Mariota (2014) and Henry (2015), a two-time Pro Bowl left tackle in Taylor Lewan and a right tackle in Jack Conklin who was an All Pro in 2016 as a rookie. But they are missing three-time Pro Bowl tight end Delanie Walker who broke his leg in the opener with nobody replacing his production yet.Tennessee also has the tiebreaker in the struggling AFC South over both Jacksonville and Houston, each at 3-3. The Titans get their bye when they return from London before a visit to Dallas and a home game Nov. 11 against New England."We have to improve," Vrabel said. "We've got a logjam in our division, and we've got to get on a plane and we've got to go to London, and we've got to play a tough opponent and we have to win. We've got to find a way to win."Notes: The Titans added WR Devin Ross to the practice squad and let go WR Chad Hansen. The Titans put Ross on injured reserve during their final roster cuts at the end of the preseason.Follow Teresa M. Walker at teresamwalker