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

[Velo]

No. IMO O'Leary would rather develop a young player.

There is a young edge pass rusher on the roster, Kyle Kennard.

For veteran depth? Who would you rather have, Bosa or Dupree?

[Bolt4Knob]

There is a young edge pass rusher on the roster, Kyle Kennard.

For veteran depth? Who would you rather have, Bosa or Dupree?

Neither - Clowney

[Bolt4Knob]

No. IMO O'Leary would rather develop a young player.

Clowney or Bosa would just be replacing Dupree - he is not good. Raising the floor
With the hope the draft pick plays more than a Clowney or Bosa.

[Boltnut]

I think WR could be a real possibility in Round 1 -- again, after Ioane and Fano
I think it would be a trade back

At this point, if Rickey is right about Eagles and Pats agreeing 2+ months away - maybe Hortiz should get with Juaun Jennings and say "on the day the comp pick period ends, we have a good deal for you. If you want to wait, its yours.'' no comp pick lost.

This ^^^^ There are still free agents out there... and it doesn't have to be WR even.
CB's, safeties, DT's are just a few needs... and a decent supply of free agent candidates still left.

Exersize: I have my eyes on a DT (4th round) and a WR that is slotted late 1st or early 2nd round.
If I trade my 2nd round pick and 4th round pick (ala trade up for Ladd McConkey fame) to snag said WR... I can do that.
Why? Because the GM saved enough post-draft cap to sign a quality free agent DT... and allowed us to use the 4th rounder in the trade-up.

There are a million advantages to having post-draft cap space. Not every free agent signing has to be a Pro Bowler.

[Velo]

Clowney or Bosa would just be replacing Dupree - he is not good. Raising the floor
With the hope the draft pick plays more than a Clowney or Bosa.

Clownman would be OK with me, they just need to move on from Dupree.

[Boltnut]

There is a young edge pass rusher on the roster, Kyle Kennard.

For veteran depth? Who would you rather have, Bosa or Dupree?

I don't think it really matters who we prefer... Dupree already got his roster bonus. He's staying.
I'd rather draft Oweh's replacement this draft (Mesidor) and worry about depth and/or replacing Dupree next draft.
How do we know that Kennard wasn't Dupree's eventual replacement...?

[Bolt4Knob]

I don't think it really matters who we prefer... Dupree already got his roster bonus. He's staying.
I'd rather draft Oweh's replacement this draft (Mesidor) and worry about depth and/or replacing Dupree next draft.
How do we know that Kennard wasn't Dupree's eventual replacement...?

Hortiz just continues to make curious decisions - picking up that option was just stupid.
He was terrible last year

what a waste of effing money?

His offseason grade right now is a D --it can improve but that is just stupid to pick up that option. He wasn't that good

[CanadianBoltFan]

ESPN graded their best free agent signings today. They seemed to like the free agent lineman people on TPB are saying were not worth Hortiz signing.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...ts-fits-values

[Riverwalk]

There is a young edge pass rusher on the roster, Kyle Kennard.

For veteran depth? Who would you rather have, Bosa or Dupree?

Neither.

I think the NFL wants Joey to sign with SF and play with Nick. That would put the most butts in the seats.

[Heatmiser]

I was thinking since Bosa has not signed anywhere, he would be a reasonable edge player to bring back and have fill the Dupree role. Bringing back a Charger son at a reduced cost like we did with Keenan. But then I also read how his play against the run last season was poor and he 'really tailed off' late in the year and 'hurt the Bills in the playoffs'. I did not observe that but that is what was written by the free agency experts.

[dmac_bolt]

Neither.

I think the NFL wants Joey to sign with SF and play with Nick. That would put the most butts in the seats.

I don't think the owners give a shit about Joey

[Bolt4Knob]

San Francisco can have Joeys Bosa --

As for Dupree -- I am just shaking my head at that one. He wasn't good. Doesn't have any burst left. Not the same player.
I don't care if he is getting paid "only" $3.5m -- not moving the needle forward on defense Joe. - to this point. Like for me , I think with $100m of cap space you can improve from Perryman and Dupree. Or even Jefferson.