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Last week, speculation emerged that the Kellen Winslow II criminal trial could include a defense based on brain trauma from playing football. On Monday, it became clear that football will not be blamed for Winslow’s alleged misconduct. Winslow’s attorney, Brian Watkins, delivered an opening...

Getty Images A foot injury sustained during training camp last August forced Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa to miss over half the season in 2018. Bosa eventually returned to play in seven regular season games and both playoff contests before the Chargers before their season came...

Getty Images 49ers cornerback Jason Verrett has looked like the first-round choice he was when he has been on the field. The problem is the 25th overall pick of the 2014 draft can’t seem to stay on the field. After rehabbing a knee injury and working his way back, Verrett tore his Achilles...

Getty Images The Chargers added a local prospect to the roster Thursday. The team announced the signing of safety Adarius Pickett, who played at UCLA. He went through the Chargers’ rookie minicamp last weekend on a tryout basis. Pickett led the Bruins in tackles last year, and was second-team...

Getty Images When your team headquarters are located in the same greater metropolitan area, it makes it rather easy to get together for joint practices. The Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers will do just that this fall, according to Vincent Bonsignore of TheAthletic.com. Additionally...

Getty Images After two lost seasons for Forrest Lamp, the Chargers are giving the former second-round choice “every opportunity” to win a starting job this season. Lamp made most of his 51 starts at Western Kentucky at left tackle with a handful of starts at right guard. The Chargers are...

Getty Images The Chargers signed a fourth player from their draft class. Linebacker Emeke Egbule has agreed to a four-year deal. The Chargers announced the pact with the sixth-round pick on Saturday. Egbule comes to Los Angeles after two years as a starter at the University of Houston. He had...

Getty Images Damion Square is back with the Chargers. The veteran defensive lineman visited with the Titans after becoming a free agent in March, but no deal materialized in Nashville and Square remained on the market until Monday. That’s when the Chargers announced that Square has agreed to a...

Getty Images The Chargers signed three of their seven draft picks, according to the NFL’s official transactions. Fourth-rounder Drue Tranquill, fifth-rounder Easton Stick and seventh-rounder Cortez Broughton signed their four-year rookie deals. Tranquill, a linebacker, spent five seasons at...

Getty Images Chargers rookie safety Nasir Adderley isn’t accustomed to facing the highest level of competition, having played his college football at Delaware, but he has high hopes for how he’ll adjust to the NFL. Adderley, a second-round pick who has a good chance at earning a Week One...

Getty Images The Chargers waived tight end Austin Roberts on Thursday. Roberts, 23, has never played a regular-season NFL game. He went undrafted in 2018. The UCLA product got a tryout with the 49ers at their rookie minicamp last year before the Chargers signed him. Roberts tore an anterior...

Getty Images On Wednesday, PFT Live considered the teams that could gain the most wins in comparison to 2018. On Thursday, we flipped it around. Which teams will experience the greatest dip in victories this season? Simms and I drafted three teams each. And we quickly learned it’s not easy to...

Getty Images When it comes to a possible contract extension with the Los Angeles Chargers, Philip Rivers may be the least worried party involved. In an interview with former teammate Nick Hardwick and Jon Schaeffer on XTRA 1360 in San Diego, Rivers didn’t seem the slightest bit concerned about...

Getty Images The Los Angeles Chargers have signed seventh-round pick Cortez Broughton to his four-year rookie contract, per Adam Caplan of Sirius XM NFL Radio. Broughton was the last of the Chargers’ seven selections in the draft and is the first of the group to sign with the team. All drafted...

Getty Images Over the past few years, NFL teams have made a habit out of handing out new contract after new contract to quarterbacks, with in many cases the latest quarterback to sign becoming the highest-paid player in league history. Since June 2017, Derek Carr passed Andrew Luck, Matthew...

Getty Images Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers said on Monday that he doesn’t feel like he’s in a rush to get a new contract done and he also said he’s not in a great rush to start thinking about winning Super Bowl LIV in Miami next February. That’s obviously the ultimate goal for a team that...

Getty Images Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers says he doesn’t need a new contract. Rivers, who is heading into the final year of his current deal, said today that he appreciates it if the Chargers re-sign him but he’d be content with playing the 2019 season and then heading into free agency...

Getty Images The Chargers finished with the same regular season record as the Chiefs in 2018, but they wound up in second place in the division due to a tiebreaker. They’d like to see their spot in the pecking order change this season and getting two wins over the Chiefs would be a good way to...

Getty Images Linebacker Thomas Davis was on the Panthers last season as they went from 11 wins and a playoff spot to a 7-9 record. Davis was also on the Panthers when they went from going 15-1 on their way to an NFC title to missing the playoffs in 2016, so he has some first-hand knowledge of...

Getty Images The Chargers have made it clear that they intend to sign quarterback Philip Rivers to a contract extension as his current deal is up after the end of the 2019 season, but the matter of when such a deal will be done remains up in the air. That may not be changing anytime soon...