The Facts: Kaeding played in nearly five full games with a fractured lower left leg, including hitting four field goals in Sunday's loss to New England in the AFC Championship Game. Kaeding's left leg is his plant leg.
Diehards Line:Kaeding was hurt helping make a tackle on the opening kickoff of San Diego's home win over the Denver Broncos on Dec. 24. The team described it as a bruise. While saying the injury could be similiar to the broken fibula sustained by FB Lorenzo Neal two weeks earlier, the Chargers never used the word "fracture" in describing Kaeding's injury. Kaeding continued to kick field goals and PATs, but the Chargers signed kickoff specialist Dave Rayner two days before the regular-season finale at Oakland.