Official 2025 Chargers Discussion | 2025 Roster Build | Free Agency and Draft

[Charge!]

Sadly zero adds to our roster in day 2...with lots available?????

[Charge!]

Who will Chargers sign tomorrow?

[Topcat]

Fulton will give them a 6th?

You don't build rosters hitting on 6th/7th round draft picks.
Look at all those 6th rounders starting for the Ravens right now.

Maybe the problem is Hortiz thinks he's playing 5th dimensional brain games when the NFL is 3 dimensional.

Well, let's take a close look at this:

Matlock was a 6th rounder
Salyer was a 6th rounder
Gilman was a 6th rounder
Antonio Brown was a 6th rounder
Terrell Davis was a 6th rounder
...and finally, Tom Brady was a 6th rounder

Obviously, not all the 6th rounders drafted will make the final 53...but...if SOME of them become starters or decent depth, you DO build at least PART of your roster...and we (and other teams) have had success with some of those 6th rounders...

[Bolt4Knob]

Chargers are now $84mil under the cap with 3 contracts accounted for according to Spotrac. I wonder how much they plan on carrying over to next year. Maybe they are thinking next year's FA class will be better than this year.

I'm really curious to see how much cap space they are going to have before the preseason starts.

Mack will cost 18
the CB will cost 4-5
tartt will be 4-5

so that’s 55m
rookies and I season costs will be around 15m

and no real cash on next years book so Hortiz has money unless dean is broke

[Charge!]

Chargers are now $84mil under the cap with 3 contracts accounted for according to Spotrac. I wonder how much they plan on carrying over to next year. Maybe they are thinking next year's FA class will be better than this year.

I'm really curious to see how much cap space they are going to have before the preseason starts.

so we cannot save the money for next year... we are required top spend 90+ percent of cap each year....

[gzubeck]

Well, let's take a close look at this:

Matlock was a 6th rounder
Salyer was a 6th rounder
Gilman was a 6th rounder
Antonio Brown was a 6th rounder
Terrell Davis was a 6th rounder
...and finally, Tom Brady was a 6th rounder

Obviously, not all the 6th rounders drafted will make the final 53...but...if SOME of them become starters or decent depth, you DO build at least PART of your roster...and we (and other teams) have had success with some of those 6th rounders...

Forgot the muther of all late rounders Brock Purdy at the very end of 7th. LOL!

[JOJAX85]

Who will Chargers sign tomorrow?

Engram and Kupp

[jamrock]

Forgot the muther of all late rounders Brock Purdy at the very end of 7th. LOL!

Not to mention the mother of all UDFA's Antonio Gates and runner up Austin Ekeler

[Topcat]

I was kind of about the 20 picks next year's draft but maybe it's not a joke now. Neimann signed with Texans. I guess Hortiz really if gutting this team. This feels more like a total rebuild.

Yep...Niemann gets $6.5 mil for 2 years...not a bad deal for a second stringer who is a decent ST player...so Nick got about the same as Boze...

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/texans-agree-to-terms-with-core-special-teams-player-nick-niemann

[Bolt4Knob]

so we cannot save the money for next year... we are required top spend 90+ percent of cap each year....

They will spend it easily this year. 275 cap so 90% is like 240… they will get there.

its more how little they have pushed to 2026

engram would be one year
Wr would be one year

a Zeitler would be one year

so they are having another bridge year

[gzubeck]

Yep...Niemann gets $6.5 mil for 2 years...not a bad deal for a second stringer who is a decent ST player...so Nick got about the same as Boze...

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profoo...r-nick-niemann

That's like the price for a late 1st rounder per year...nice knowin ya Nick but really inconsequential to the bigger Charger picture.

[Jack Burton]

Who will Chargers sign tomorrow?

At this point there are still a few gems…

DT Dalvin Tomlinson would be a good start. I know it’s a good DT draft but they need to round out the roster with depth players who could feasibly start at this point.
G Mehki Becton but he’ll be expensive so I don’t think the FO bites.
G Kevin Zeitler cause he’s just good. And old. And he can play opposite of Becton if by a miracle they did sign him.