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Chargers focus on preparing for opener, not Melvin Gordon's holdout

LOS ANGELES - The subject is easily the most talked about one surrounding the Los Angeles Chargers.

Except among the Chargers and their head coach.

No, Anthony Lynn said, he did not mention Melvin Gordon to his players Monday.

"We've been talking about this for a month and a half," Lynn told reporters after practice. "It's time to play football."

Gordon, the team's two-time Pro Bowl running back, has not reported because of a contract dispute.

His absence has hung over the franchise since late July, when - as

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