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Getty Images The Chargers gave 13 prospects first-round grades, General Manager Tom Telesco said Tuesday. The team’s average is 15 to 18. The Chargers count themselves lucky as one of those 13 was Jerry Tillery, who fell to the Chargers at No. 28. “Luckily for us, as far as picking at 28...

Getty Images The Texans are signing free agent safety Jahleel Addae, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Houston has Tashaun Gipson and Justin Reid as their starting safeties after the retirement of Andre Hal. Addae, 29, has spent all six NFL seasons with the Chargers after signing...

Getty Images The Chargers know that Philip Rivers can’t play forever, so they took a developmental project in the fifth round. With the 166th overall pick, the Chargers took Easton Stick of North Dakota State. Stick followed some guy named Carson Wentz in college, and won three FCS national...

Getty Images The Chargers didn’t wait long to add to their rookie class after drafting seven players in Nashville this week. The team has announced the addition of 19 undrafted free agents to the team. They will be trying to extend a run that has seen an undrafted rookie make the team’s...

Getty Images Last year, the draft saw five quarterbacks selected in round one, for the first time since 1999. And there continues to be a very good chance that five quarterbacks will be drafted in the first round tonight. The four mostly-sure-fire first-round picks are Kyler Murray, Dwayne...

Getty Images The Chargers added some strength to their front seven. With the 28th overall pick, the Chargers selected disruptive Notre Dame defensive tackle Jerry Tillery. Adding him to a defensive front seven with Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram (along with free agent pickup Thomas Davis) gives...

Getty Images If the Cardinals were hoping to hustle up a market for Josh Rosen, the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft did them no favors. After the Giants took Duke quarterback Daniel Jones sixth overall and Washington went with Dwayne Haskins 15th, the list of potential destinations got...

Getty Images Free agent defensive lineman Corey Liuget visited the Jaguars today. Liuget also has had visits with the Seahawks and Giants. He is one of the highest remaining players on PFT’s top-100 free agents at No. 44. Liuget, 29, spent his first eight seasons with the Chargers. He tore...

Getty Images Although former Notre Dame defensive tackle Jerry Tillery hasn’t listened to media criticism in the weeks leading up to the draft, he’s heard questions about his game from teams. And there’s one question in particularly with which he disagrees. “I’ve heard, ‘Does Jerry Tillery...

Getty Images It’s probably safe for the team that drafts Nick Bosa to pencil him in as absent from voluntary offseason workouts. Bosa works with Todd Rice, the same trainer his big brother, Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa, works with. Joey Bosa usually skips the Chargers’ voluntary workouts...

Getty Images Philip Rivers is 37, but his level of play, his commitment to playing beyond 2019 and the Chargers’ signing of Tyrod Taylor would seem to take the Chargers out of the quarterback market. Not surprisingly, Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco isn’t ruling anything out. “Pretty...

Getty Images The Chargers hold the 28th overall choice. History says they will get calls from a team with a high second-round choice looking to move back into the first round. Are the Chargers open to moving back? “It would be the same with every draft: We’re always receptive to it,” General...

Getty Images Thursday night will be a big one for Nick Bosa, but he’s not the only member of the family getting some news about his future this week. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Chargers have exercised their option on Joey Bosa‘s contract for the 2020 season. The move ensures that the...

Getty Images Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco didn’t reveal much about his plans for the weekend. But he at least revealed himself as having a sense of humor, and self-awareness. Via the team’s official website, Telesco kicked off yesterday’s annual exercise in saying nothing in as many...

Getty Images Since the adoption of a new rookie wage scale in the latest collective bargaining agreement in 2011, the fifth-year option has been a way for teams to hang onto successful first-round picks for a fixed price. And perhaps not surprisingly, considering the results of the first half...

Getty Images With the draft a week away, much of the attention focused on the NFL is on that event but there are still veteran free agents looking for places to play in 2019. Defensive tackle Damion Square is one of those players and Field Yates of ESPN reports that he had a visit with the...

Getty Images Defensive tackles Corey Liuget and Al Woods have visited the Seahawks, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll desires a run-stuffing defensive tackle, so Seattle is kicking the tires on the best available free agents. At No. 44, Liuget is one of the highest...

Getty Images A pair of 2018 playoff teams will square off in the first Monday night game of the 2019 season. The NFL’s schedule was released on Wednesday night and it shows that the Texans will be in New Orleans to face the Saints on Monday Night Football in Week One. In addition to that...

Getty Images In Week 16, the NFL will stage a special pre-Christmas Saturday triple header. And none of the games have been selected for that spot, yet. Five Week 16 games have been earmarked for those three spots, to begin at 1:00 p.m. ET, 4:30 p.m. ET, and 8:15 p.m. ET: Lions at Broncos...

Getty Images The Los Angeles Chargers will go six weeks between games held at their home stadium this fall. The Chargers host the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 3 and do not return home to Dignity Health Sports Park until a Dec. 15 meeting with the Minnesota Vikings. That’s a 42-day gap between...