OLB Shaun Phillips recorded the first sack from the team's starting outside linebackers, collecting two of the team's four sacks Sunday. "It was huge to break the ice," Phillips said. "Now we've got to get the big fella, my partner on the other side, to break the ice, too. Once we break the ice, maybe we can start rolling." Shawne Merriman, who missed all but one game last year with a knee injury, last had a sack in 2007. 10/26/2009

The San Diego city attorney's office says Phillips won't be charged in a case in which he was accused of striking a security guard in the face at a downtown hotel in late April.
08/12/2009