Official 2026 Chargers Roster Discussion | Roster Build | 2nd Wave Of Free Agency

[21&500]

He got his ring, and is likely happy to be in LA collecting on a nice payday. Still, even undisciplined and without give-it-his-all, he's one of the best IOL we have.

I don't think that's fair to him.
I see a lot of effort and he's done well when the OL is doing well in general (early in the season).
too soon to say he's mailed it in imo.

[powderblueboy]

Christian Wilkins is unsigned.

I’d let him kiss my head if he can still be the disruptive force against the run and pass he used to be.

He had a serious leg injury of some type from which he needs to recover.

[powderblueboy]

Hortiz has done well.
His first Rd picks have shown pro bowl ability.
Unfortunately they both suffered injury.
He has found some gems in the mid rd. Still and OG.
He raised the floor of the WR room. The RB room.
He made a solid trade for an edge. He isn't going into cap hell by overspending on free agents. He has found solid inexpensive players like Ford and Tart. I don't think it's an issue if he doesn't overpay to keep a player like Ford. He re invested into DL. He isn't going to hit on everything he does. But so far he looks to be much better than Telesco at roster building.

Harbaugh generally gets the most out of his players.
They were 4-3 last season. Finished 7-3 over final 10.

Turnovers have been key. And will be key to stacking Wins.
Chargers are 1-3 when offense has 2 turnovers.
Chargers are 3-0 when offense has 1 or less turnovers.

Now that you mention it, they ran into injuries early at OT and RB during the Pittsburgh loss, last year.

[powderblueboy]

He got his ring, and is likely happy to be in LA collecting on a nice payday. Still, even undisciplined and without give-it-his-all, he's one of the best IOL we have.

Or Boze has taken him under his wings and Becton is relearning the LG position.

[powderblueboy]

It’s not just Center and grade A dominant DT… when have the Chargers actually drafted a dominant guard on the oline? Probably not since Kris Dielman right (the Schottenheimer era)?

Hopefully Hortiz can excel where TT clearly could not.

You need to go back farther, Dielman was not drafted by the Chargers .... he was a rookie free agent DT.

Eric Moten, Super Bowl guard, had the potential to be very good .... of course, he blew out his knee in typical Charger fashion which pretty much ended his career.
Sadly, he passed away last year.

Wilkerson and White, in the 70s, were not drafted by the Chargers.

Larry Little (HOF) signed with the Chargers as a rookie free agent in 1967.

You need to go all the way back to 1963 for their drafting a dominant guard ..... 62 years ago.

[Rugger05]

Caleb Murphy placed on waivers last week
picked up by NE today
should have placed Bud Dupree on waivers with mack coming back
nobody would have picked him up
but oh well... maybe they saw the Murphy was only a core ST player

This was annoying to me. Why Dupree was given a one year contract extension was baffling, then not waiving him but waiving a core special team player was baffling as well.

Outside of Dicker special teams has not been great so I was shocked he was let go. Of course Tuli replaced him and messed up his assignment on that long KO return yesterday.

So we now have Dupree and Boze as two veteran players that shouldn't be getting playing time...

[Rugger05]

You need to go back farther, Dielman was not drafted by the Chargers .... he was a rookie free agent DT.

Eric Moten, Super Bowl guard, had the potential to be very good .... of course, he blew out his knee in typical Charger fashion which pretty much ended his career.
Sadly, he passed away last year.

Eric Moten, thats a name from the past. I remember that was a massive dude.

[Riverwalk]

This was annoying to me. Why Dupree was given a one year contract extension was baffling, then not waiving him but waiving a core special team player was baffling as well.

Outside of Dicker special teams has not been great so I was shocked he was let go. Of course Tuli replaced him and messed up his assignment on that long KO return yesterday.

So we now have Dupree and Boze as two veteran players that shouldn't be getting playing time...

Co-sign. Dupree is worthless has been. His idea of pressure is running 10 yards past the QB with a menacing face.

[Chargerville]

You need to go back farther, Dielman was not drafted by the Chargers .... he was a rookie free agent DT.

Eric Moten, Super Bowl guard, had the potential to be very good .... of course, he blew out his knee in typical Charger fashion which pretty much ended his career.
Sadly, he passed away last year.

Yeah I remember Eric Moten, and yeah his passing was indeed saddening… he was only 56.

But therein lies the problem with the Chargers. Hard to be good in the trenches if you never prioritize, or if you are never successful drafting positions like OC, OG and Grade A caliber DT. In order for us to seriously make a run… we probably can’t be weak in two out of three of those positions… definitely not all three.

[jamrock]

Remember the good ole days of a few months ago when we all had faith in Harbaugh and loved "chef" Hortiz and our biggest worry was whether Jesse Minter would get hired away before Harbaugh was able to ride off into the sunset with a couple of Lombardi's?

Things can change fast

[Riverwalk]

Yeah I remember Eric Moten, and yeah his passing was indeed saddening… he was only 56.

But therein lies the problem with the Chargers. Hard to be good in the trenches if you never prioritize, or if you are never successful drafting positions like OC, OG and Grade A caliber DT. In order for us to seriously make a run… we probably can’t be weak in two out of three of those positions… definitely not all three.

100% but I would add Edge as a fourth. Chargers went into the season deficient there as well and Mack injury made it ridiculous.

[Chargerville]

100% but I would add Edge as a fourth. Chargers went into the season deficient there as well and Mack injury made it ridiculous.

I definitely agree, but even when the Chargers have had edge… over the years, how often did we see the opposing QB just simply step up into the pocket (completely avoiding the edge rush) and complete throws because of the lack of interior pass rush that we NEVER seem to consistently get from our DT.
It’s like the Chargers are absolutely notorious over the recent years for not getting much of a push up the middle on offense or defense!

One thing I do not like about the Chargers (which you could even see last year) Is their first down offense and their first down defense.

Often times (obviously this is not always the case) the opposing offense gets 5-7 yards on us easily on first down, while we struggle to get 2-3 yards on their defense, and a lot of times if we aren’t getting a false start and putting ourselves in a hole, we still find ourselves in 2nd and 8, 9 or 10… and on top of that, most of the time (well at least it feels this way) we can’t pick up a 2nd or 3rd and 1 or 2 with a traditional running play to save our lives.