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Getty Images The Chargers are set to add some protection for quarterback Justin Herbert in free agency. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the team is expected to sign center Corey Linsley after the new league year opens on Wednesday. The contract is expected to make Linsley the...

Getty Images The Chargers parted ways with one cornerback when they released Casey Hayward over the weekend, but they are holding onto another member of the group. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team is re-signing Micheal Davis ahead of the start of the new league year on...

Getty Images The Jaguars have agreed to a four-year deal with safety Rayshawn Jenkins, a source tells PFT. Jenkins ranks 81st in PFT’s list of top-100 free agents. Jenkins, 27, spent the past four seasons with the Chargers after they drafted him in the fourth round in 2017. He played 61 games...

Getty Images The Chargers have a franchise quarterback. They’re now doing what they have to do to protect him. On the same day L.A.’s other team struck a deal with center Corey Linsley, the Chargers have agreed to terms with former Steelers offensive lineman Matt Feiler, according to Adam...

USA TODAY Sports As expected (but in recent days and weeks somewhat uncertain), future Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees has retired from football. Brees announced the decision on social media, with a video from his four kids and a message: “After 20 years as a player in the NFL and 15...

Getty Images Last year, the Chargers kept tight end Hunter Henry around with the franchise tag. This year, there’s still a chance that they’ll keep Henry with a new contract. Henry recently told TMZ.com that he could still return to the Chargers, even though he wasn’t tagged for a second...

Getty Images The Chargers want to keep offensive lineman Cole Toner but not at the price of the restricted free agent tender. Adam Caplan of SiriusXM Radio reports the Chargers are not tendering Toner. Toner started three games at guard last season, his first career starts, and appeared in...

Getty Images After five years with the Chargers, veteran cornerback Casey Hayward will be moving on. The Chargers are cutting Hayward. Although the Chargers have plenty of cap space, they have apparently decided that Hayward isn’t worth the $9.75 million base salary he was scheduled to make...

Getty Images The Chargers released offensive guard Trai Turner, clearing $11.5 million in cap space. They have work to do in rebuilding their offensive line to protect Justin Herbert. Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com reports the Chargers have tendered offensive lineman Tyree St. Louis, an...

Getty Images The Chargers aren’t tendering tight end Stephen Anderson as a restricted free agent, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. The team still is hoping to bring back Anderson, according to Pelissero. For now, Anderson is headed to the free agent market as is starting tight end Hunter...

Getty Images A week after the Chargers started trying to trade guard Trai Turner, they’ve decided to cut him loose. The Chargers will release Turner, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. That saves $11.5 million on the Chargers’ salary cap, so it’s no big surprise they’re letting him go...

USA TODAY Sports Trai Turner was one of two players the Chargers cut ties with on Friday, as Los Angeles also announced it was releasing linebacker Malik Jefferson. Jefferson was slated to become a restricted free agent, so the Chargers are not tendering the linebacker. Jefferson played 52...

Getty Images The NFL has set the salary cap at $182.5 million for the 2021 season on Wednesday and they’ve also set the amount that teams will have to pay if they exercise their fifth-year option on 2018 first-round picks. The Collective Bargaining Agreement that the NFL and NFLPA agreed to...

Getty Images The NFL announced its 2021 compensatory draft picks, which now include special compensatory picks rewarding teams for developing minority coaches and executives. The selections this year are from the third to sixth rounds. With the CBA limiting the number of compensatory...

Getty Images The Chargers used the franchise tag on tight end Hunter Henry last year and didn’t sign him to a long-term contract, so they faced the same decision again this year. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the team has reached a different decision this time. The Chargers have informed...

Getty Images This year’s unprecedented quarterback carousel could become the new normal. For evidence of the regular upheaval to come, look no farther than the abnormal reality that not many teams have a starting quarterback who almost certainly will still be with the team in four years...

Getty Images Linebacker Denzel Perryman has spent the last six seasons with the Chargers, but he may be moving on when the new league year opens in less than two weeks. Perryman’s agent Ron Butler told Ian Rapoport of NFL Media that his client does not plan to re-sign before hitting the open...

USA TODAY Sports The folks at FOX 5 in San Diego recently captured a photo of the in-process demolition of the former home of the Chargers. The stadium, which in the years before it became profitable to sell the rights was named for Jack Murphy, hosted three Super Bowls: XXII (won by...

Getty Images Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco added a couple of veteran offensive linemen last offseason, but the arrival of right tackle Bryan Bulaga and right guard Trai Turner didn’t make the line a particularly strong part of the team. Telesco said on Thursday that the team needs to...

Getty Images Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco said on Thursday that the team’s offseason won’t be all about their offensive line, but it looks like a good bit of the focus will be on that area. The team has three impending free agent starters on the line and they’re reportedly looking to...