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After four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, Najee Harris is now set to lead the Chargers backfield in 2025.
The Chargers have a new lead back.
According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, the Chargers are expected to sign former Steelers running back Najee Harris to a one-year deal worth up to $9.25 million. Harris is coming off his fourth-consecutive 1,000-yard seasons since entering the NFL and he’s played in all 17 games in each of those seasons, never missing a contest since becoming a pro.
Harris is a former first-round pick of the Steelers out of Alabama from the 2021 NFL draft....
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Teair Tart returns to the Chargers one a one-year deal the same day Poona Ford signs with the Rams.
The Chargers have signed yet another in-house free agent as defensive tackle Teair Tart is returning to the Bolts on a one-year, $5.5 million deal, per NFL insider Adam Schefter. After former teammate Poona Ford signed a three-year deal with the Rams, the Bolts manage to retain at least one impact player from their defensive interior in 2024.
Tart is the fourth in-house free agent to re-sign with the Chargers, joining edge rusher Khalil Mack, center Bradley Bozeman, and punter J.K....
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The Chargers are extending center Bradley Bozeman after his first season in Los Angeles.
The Chargers are running it back with center Bradley Bozeman as the team has reported a multi-year extension for last year’s starter at the pivot. The team announced the move alongside their extension for punter J.K. Scott which was reported on earlier Monday.
Bozeman returning to the Chargers may come as a surprise to those who believed the team would attempt to upgrade the position following an underwhelming season by all three interior positions up front. Per Pro Football Focus, Bozeman recorded an overall season grade...
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Donte Jackson had a career-high 5 interceptions in his lone season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Chargers have finally made a signing involving an external free agent!
According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, former Panthers and Steelers cornerback Donte Jackson is signing a two-year, $13 million deal to join the Chargers. The 29-year old will now join a young cornerback room for the Bolts that features 2024 rookies Tarheeb Still and Cam Hart.
The 5’10, 180-pound Jackson enjoyed a career year with the Steelers during the 2024 season as he hauled in a career-high five interceptions to go with eight...
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After four years with the Chargers, Joshua Palmer will now head east to Buffalo to catch passes from Josh Allen.
Another in-house free agent for the Chargers on the move.
This time, wide receiver Joshua Palmer is expected to sign a three-year, $36 million contract — with $18 million guaranteed — to join the Buffalo Bills. Palmer is now the second in-house free agent to sign elsewhere, joining defensive tackle Poona Ford who signed a three-year deal with the Rams several hours earlier.
This past season, Palmer recorded 39 receptions for 584 yards and one touchdown while playing in 15...
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Poona Ford had a resurgence with the Chargers, now heads to Rams on three-year deal.
One of the Chargers’ biggest in-house free agents will not be with the team in 2025 as defensive tackle Poona Ford has agreed to a three-year, $33 million deal to join the cross-town Rams.
After an injury-riddled season with the Bills in 2023, Ford stepped into a starting role with the Chargers and proceeded to match both his career highs in sacks (eight) and tackles for loss (eight) while starting all 18 regular and postseason games. He also recorded his first career interception to go...
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Khalil Mack returns to the Chargers for at least one more season after both sides agree to full-guaranteed deal.
For at least another season, star pass rusher Khalil Mack will avoid ever hitting the free agent market.
On Monday morning, the Chargers and Mack have reportedly agreed to a new one-year, $18 million contract that will keep him in Los Angeles for one more season. Mack was at the top of the offseason priority list for both Jim Harbaugh and general manager Joe Hortiz and thankfully the deal gets done a little over 48 hours prior to the start of...
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Keep it right here at Bolts From The Blue for all breakings news from day one of free agency.
NFL Free agency has arrived.
Today marks the start of the roughly 48-hour period before the start of the new league year where NFL teams can begin speaking with player representation, a.k.a. the legal tampering window. Sides may verbally agree to new deals but nothing can be made official until Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET.
We’ll be keeping you all up to date on every bit of breaking news happening around the league during day one of legal tampering, so stick...
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Good morning, Chargers fans!
Let the madness of free agency commence!
And now for today’s links.
These free agent players are considered “steals” by ESPN (Chargers.com)
Chargers free agent tracker (Chargers.com)
Will Khalil Mack return to the Chargers? (Chargers Wire)
Five defensive free agents the Chargers should pursue (Chargers Wire)
The Patriots signed former Boston College player Harold Landry (ESPN)
Grading all of Sunday’s transactions in the NFL (CBS Sports)
Updating the top 100 free agents of 2025 (CBS Sports)
[Big Ben...
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Gus Edwards rushed for 365 yards and four touchdowns in his lone year with the Chargers.
On Friday afternoon, NFL insider Adam Schefter reported that the Chargers have informed running back Gus Edwards that he will be released ahead of next week’s start to the new league year. Edwards will become a free agent after just one season in Los Angeles spending five seasons in Baltimore with Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz.
In his lone season with the Chargers, Edwards split time in the backfield with J.K. Dobbins while playing in 11 total games with six starts. He ended the...
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Good morning, Chargers fans!
And just like that, we’ve come to the end of another eventful week in the NFL. Let’s enjoy this weekend before the whirlwind of free agency sweeps us off our feet.
And now for today’s links.
These players are “free agency steals” this offseason (Chargers.com)
Chargers among favorites to land wideout D.K. Metcalf (Chargers Wire)
Updated depth chart following the release of Joey Bosa (Chargers Wire)
Should the Chargers sign TE Evan Engram? (Bolt Beat)
The Seahawks are...
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With the Chargers releasing Joey Bosa ahead of next week’s start to free agency, it gives us a glimpse of what the team is planning in the coming months.
No matter if you expected it to happen or not, the news of the Chargers releasing Joey Bosa was quite a shock to read when it broke late Wednesday evening. Why not? He was the last remaining member on the team from the San Diego Chargers following Keenan Allen’s trade last offseason and he was one year short of being with the team for a decade.
It’s incredibly sad to see...
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