Official 2026 Chargers News | Acquisitions | Transactions | Injuries

[jamrock]

We dress 48 each game. A big EDGE such as Faulk or Overton also covers our DL need. A center who can also play some guard such as Hecht stabilizes our OL. TE#3 can be a UDFA. Hortiz will fill out our roster with his famous one year contracts.

I wish they'd change that rule and let each team dress 53. Makes no sense.

[Bolt4Knob]

jamrock - I will take it a step further

Today: 53, dress 47 practice squad 16 with the higher paid players getting close $400k

My plan - especially if they go to 18 games

61, dress 55, reduce practice squad to 8 player - the different would be negligible for NFL teams since the bottom of the roster is min level guys anyway
less poaching from practice squads and the PS can be truly those players that need practice

[dmac_bolt]

jamrock - I will take it a step further

Today: 53, dress 47 practice squad 16 with the higher paid players getting close $400k

My plan - especially if they go to 18 games

61, dress 55, reduce practice squad to 8 player - the different would be negligible for NFL teams since the bottom of the roster is min level guys anyway
less poaching from practice squads and the PS can be truly those players that need practice

I support your common sense proposal

[Lefty2SLO]

I support your common sense proposal

Agreed, but this will change when the time change is fixed . . . . . . . . . .

[Eurobolt]

There was some Tui on Chargers social media today, does it mean this extension is coming?

[sonorajim]

There was some Tui on Chargers social media today, does it mean this extension is coming?

Tuli's extension is coming. That's a lock. When, we can't be sure.

[YAC]

There was some Tui on Chargers social media today, does it mean this extension is coming?

You may just have proven your skills as one who reads tea-leaves, intuits opponents hand of cards, or properly divines intestines*. Props! Yes, I'm somewhat serious (60% plus). A social media focus, honoring Tuli, is something that may in fact portend events soon to come.

I have a vague recollection that historically most big extensions are done after the draft, but with my aging mind, a "vague recollection" isn't worth shit. I sincerely prefer your intuition.

*Yes, as you may well know, the ancients loved intestines to read the future. Pure Truth. They'd turn it into a big ceremony...at halftime I think, but I might have that part wrong. There's even a fancy word for it: Haruspicy. In total transparency these cats of antiquity focused on reading the liver, but their fallback (logically!) was intestines.

[Boltjolt]

You may just have proven your skills as one who reads tea-leaves, intuits opponents hand of cards, or properly divines intestines*. Props! Yes, I'm somewhat serious (60% plus). A social media focus, honoring Tuli, is something that may in fact portend events soon to come.

I have a vague recollection that historically most big extensions are done after the draft, but with my aging mind, a "vague recollection" isn't worth shit. I sincerely prefer your intuition.

*Yes, as you may well know, the ancients loved intestines to read the future. Pure Truth. They'd turn it into a big ceremony...at halftime I think, but I might have that part wrong. There's even a fancy word for it: Haruspicy. In total transparency these cats of antiquity focused on reading the liver, but their fallback (logically!) was intestines.

Slaters extension was on July 27th, lasy year. Then 2-3 weeks later...out for the season

[Eurobolt]

Slaters extension was on July 27th, lasy year. Then 2-3 weeks later...out for the season

Yes but if I am correct there were leaks they are negotiating that deal for some time prior to signing it.

[beachcomber]

Chargers Sign TE Charlie Kolar for $8M/Year (Grade: A-)

This is essentially the Dawson Knox role as the TE1 in the blocking game and clear TE2 in the receiving game. That'll belong to Orande Gadsden, who doesn't have the body to block like Kolar can at 6'6"/265 with 94th percentile 34.5" arms. At only 27 years old, there is room for sneaky upside here, too. He's been a clear TE3 to date, but Kolar has a career 10.0 yards per target on a 71% success rate. Those are elite marks, even in a small 41-target sample. There is a lot of overlap between the Ravens and Chargers, so this is a high-floor move no matter what.

Chargers Sign C Tyler Biadasz for $10M/Year (Grade: A-)

This 3-year, $30M deal was very savvy given it anticipated a massive overpay for Tyler Linderbaum. The Chargers took advantage of the Commanders' mistake of releasing Biadsz instead of getting a pick for him, and they got him in the building immediately. A retirement at center opened up an already humongous hole on the interior for Los Angeles, and Biadsz gives this unit average center play. If they can surround him with real talent at each guard spot, then this OL goes from miserable to solid. We saw the dividends of a similar upgrade with the Bears in 2025.

[Maniaque 6]

Two great singnings
If my wife could shop like that !

[beachcomber]

the 30/other visits....

RB Greg Desrosiers/Memphis
CB Thaddeus Dixon/North Carolina
DT Tyler Onyedim/Texas A&M
DT Caleb Banks/Florida
DE Zion Young/Missouri
OG Chase Bisontis/Texas A&M
WR KC Concepcion/Texas A&M
LB Harold Perkins/LSU
CB Daylan Everette/Georgia
TE Oscar Delp/Georgia
WR Caleb Douglas/Texas Tech
OC Jager Burton/Kentucky
OG Jalen Farmer/Kentucky
OG Josh Braun/Kentucky
DT Kayden McDonald/Ohio St
RB Kaytron Allen/Penn St
CB Colton Hood/Tennessee
OT Travis Burke/Memphis
RB Demond Claiborne/Wake Forest
DE Wesley Williams/Duke