The Chargers announced on Wednesday they have placed C Mike Pouncey on injured reserve and filled his place on the roster with OL Ryan Groy.
Pouncey’s potential loss for the season with neck injury is another huge blow to the Chargers, who have been decimated by injuries yet again.
Pouncey, 30, is a former first-round pick of the Dolphins back in 2011. He was entering the fourth year of his six-year, $52.438 million contract that included $22 million guaranteed and was set to make a base salary of $7.97 million when the Dolphins released him in 2018.
Pouncey signed with the Chargers last year on a two-year, $15 million deal. He signed a one-year, $9 million extension earlier this year.
In 2018, Pouncey started all five games he appeared in for the Chargers and was rated by Pro Football Focus as the No. 21 center out of 33 qualifying players.
Groy, 29, originally signed on with the Bears as an undrafted free agent out of Wisconsin back in 2014. The Bears later traded Groy to the Patriots for Matt Wells, but he didn’t last long in New England.
Groy played briefly for the Buccaneers before the Bills signed him to their roster during the 2015 season. Groy signed in Buffalo to a two-year, $5 million deal after the Bills matched an offer sheet from the Rams.
Groy signed with the Saints this offseason as an unrestricted free agent but was released coming out of the preseason.
In 2018, Groy played in 15 games for the Bills and made six starts.
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