Chargers

NFL Notes The NFL and NFLPA is preparing to push the start of league year back to May. (NFLTR) Free Agents QB Charlie Batch has no plans to retire. (Alan Robinson) CB Quentin Jammer would “love” to have a return to the Chargers. (NFLTR) WR Chad Johnson has been arrested for violating his probation. (TMZ) [...]

According to Marc Sessler of NFL.com, a San Diego Chargers spokesman announced Monday that former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o will not be available to the media until mid-June when the team meets for minicamp. Te’o, the Chargers’ second-round draft pick this year, has been in the center of a catfishing hoax dating back to [...]

Free agent cornerback Quentin Jammer was perfectly blunt Sunday when he addressed the media at a charity golf event – he has no intention of retiring and would absolutely welcome the possibility of returning to San Diego once more in 2013. “I know there was speculation about me retiring. I’m, like, who said that?” Jammer [...]

Update: Ian Rapoport reports that sources have informed him that the Chargers have reached an agreement in principle with free agent DE Dwight Freeney. Contract Details: Pro Football Talk is reporting that Freeney’s contract is a two-year deal worth $8.75 million. Freeney will receive $5.25 million in 2013, which includes a $3.25 million signing bonus, $1.5 million base salary [...]

Bills Bills name Doug Whaley general manager. Browns RB Brandon Jackson has been re-signed to a one-year contract. (Albert Breer) QB Brian Hoyer has been signed to a two-year contract. (Adam Caplan) Chargers DE Dwight Freeney is still visiting with the Chargers on Thursday. (Michael Gehlken) LB Thomas Keiser has been signed Cowboys DL Anthony [...]

Bears WR Brandon Marshall is not participating in OTAs due to hip surgery. (Jeff Dickerson) Bengals Second-round pick RB Giovani Bernard is expecting to play complimentary role as a rookie. (Kevin Patra) Bills OL Chris Scott started at left guard at OTAs. (Joe Buscaglia) Bills sign second-round pick LB Kiko Alonso to a four-year contract. [...]

Update: The San Diego Chargers have announced that second-year OLB Melvin Ingram has in fact suffered a torn ACL. Melvin Ingram sustained a torn ACL in his left knee during OTA practice today. No other information was released. — San Diego Chargers (@chargers) May 15, 2013 Ingram will almost certainly be out for the entire 2013 season. His [...]

ESPN’s Josina Anderson reports that free agent OT Max Starks is visiting with the Arizona Cardinals on Tuesday. Anderson adds that Starks is already in the midst of taking his physical for the team. Cardinals new HC Bruce Arians spent time with Starks while in Pittsburgh. Arizona hasn’t been very active in the free agent tackle market; even though many feel that it’s [...]

Michael Gehlken of the Union Tribune San Diego reports that free agent OT Winston Justice is visiting with the Chargers on Monday. The Chargers have been in contact with free agent offensive tackles since the draft concluded a few weeks ago. In fact, San Diego reportedly had a contract offer out to Bryant McKinnie before he [...]

49ers RB Marcus Lattimore (knee surgeries) will take a “step back” in cutting drills. (Sacramento Bee) WR Quinton Patton is “nowhere close to being ready” to contribute. (CSN Bay Area) Bears OG Kyle Long lined up at right guard during rookie minicamp.(Chicago Tribune) WR Mark Harrison failed his physical and will return to free agency. [...]

I added some free agent visits and tryouts as well, in case you’re wondering why there’s more than just transactions included in this post. We’ll have updates posted here throughout the day. Bears Bears sign second-round pick LB Jon Bostic to a four-year contract. Bengals Bengals sign seventh-round pick OL Reid Fragel to a four-year contract. Bills Bills [...]

The Union-Tribune San Diego’s Kevin Acee believes Chargers offensive tackle King Dunlap will begin the season protecting Philip Rivers‘ blind side. There’s a chance Kevin Haslam could “get a shot” to compete for the position. Acee believes it’s unlikely anyone but Dunlap on the current roster would win the battle. Less than two weeks ago, [...]

Bears OL Kyle Long’s measurables were one of the main reasons the Bears selected him in round one. (Chicago Tribune) Bills Chris Hairston is projected to be the Bills starting right tackle. (WGR 550 Buffalo) Broncos DE Quanterus Smith is expected to be ready for the start of training camp. (Denver Post) Browns Leon McFadden may end up [...]

Update: Tim McMahon of ESPN Dallas reports that the Cowboys have presented RT Doug Free with the option of either taking a pay cut or being designated as a post-June 1 cut. McMahon adds that Dallas would then sign one of Tyson Clabo or Eric Winston. According to McMahon, Clabo’s asking price could be out of the Cowboys price range. Free, 29, is set [...]

The Baltimore Ravens have announced that they’ve reach an agreement on a two-year contract with free agent LT Bryant McKinnie. Jason La Canfora reports that McKinnie’s two-year deal is worth maximum of $7 million. Aaron Wilson reports that McKinnie contract also includes incentives, as well as a signing bonus. Aaron Wilson reports that contract offers from the Dolphins [...]

Armando Salguero has been informed that the Dolphins open to signing LT Bryant McKinnie as well a veteran right tackle. Salguero adds that the Dolphins would only do this if someone was willing to accept a cheap, one-year contract. McKinnie has reportedly received a contract offer from the Chargers and the Ravens are believed to have interest in [...]

NFL Free agent Ahmad Bradshaw has received full medical clearance for football activities. (Pro Football Talk) “More than one team asked” Tim Tebow if he was willing to play TE after being placed on the trading block, but he reportedly refused. (Adam Schefter) RT Eric Winston is believed to be holding out for guaranteed money [...]

In the wake of the news that Tim Tebow was released by the New York Jets early Monday morning, the rumor mills have been busy concocting possible landing places for the former first-round pick of the Denver Broncos. Marc Sessler of NFL.com’s Around The League compiled a list of teams that would be possible landing spots [...]

Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports! reports that the Chargers recently tried to convince retired RB LaDainian Tomlinson to return to his former for the upcoming season. Tomlinson explained that the Chargers were actually serious about the idea and were even willing to offer him a limited number of carries per game. “I met [new general manager] [...]

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Denver Broncos are signing OLB Shaun Phillips. Phillips, 31, receives a one-year contract for Denver and figures to compete for the team’s starting defensive ends spot across from Von Miller. Phillips has spent his entire nine-year career in San Diego, but apparently was no longer a part of the team’s future [...]

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Chargers have claimed former Packers LB D.J. Smith off of waivers. Green Bay surprisingly waived Smith on Wednesday, with the move being listed as a failed physical. A source told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the move was likely to create an additional roster spot for their draft class and undrafted [...]

49ers Matt Maiocco of the CSN Bay Area lists: SMU DE Margus Hunt, Florida State DE/OLB Tank Carradine, FIU S Jonathan Cyprien, and Stanford TE Zach Ertz as four players to watch regarding the 49ers‘ No. 31 overall pick. Previous speculation mentioned that San Francisco could try to trade up to secure a potential replace for DE Justin Smith. Carradine’s [...]