Minor NFL Transactions: 3/4/26
Minor NFL transactions are picking back up as we near the start of free agency with teams trying to secure any pending free agents before they hit the open market:
Green Bay Packers
- Re-signed: RB Chris Brooks
Jacksonville Jaguars
- Re-signed: TE Quintin Morris
Los Angeles Chargers
- Placed on reserve/retired list: C Bradley Bozeman (story)
Miami Dolphins
- Re-signed: LB Cameron Goode
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Re-signed: QB Connor Bazelak
- Exercised club option: P Riley Dixon
Brooks served as a third rushing option in Green Bay this year behind Josh Jacobs and Emanuel Wilson while MarShawn Lloyd sat on injured reserve all season. It was thought that, if Lloyd had been activated off IR, one of Wilson or Brooks would’ve been the odd man out. Though Wilson got significantly more usage (125 carries for 496 rushing yards and three touchdowns) than Brooks (27 carries for 106 yards) this season, Wilson was not tendered as a restricted free agent, and Brooks agreed to a two-year deal to stay in Green Bay.
Known more for his contributions as a blocker and special teamer, Morris has made a place for himself on the roster in Duval. He appeared in 14 games for Jacksonville last year, earning five starts.
Dixon’s two-year contract had a potential out with which, if they had decided not to retain him, his release wouldn’t have created any dead cap money. The team has opted not to go that route, extending his time with the team to the full duration of the contract.
Chargers To Release TE Will Dissly, OT Savion Washington
The Chargers are releasing tight end Will Dissly and waiving offensive tackle Savion Washington, per The Athletic’s Daniel Popper. The moves will save about $14.5MM in cap space with $1.5MM in dead money from the last proration of Dissly’s signing bonus.
Dissly, 29, signed in Los Angeles in 2024 on a three-year, $14MM deal. He appeared in 15 games (eight starts) in his first season with career-high receiving numbers of 50 catches and 481 yards. But those numbers dropped to career-lows in 2025 as he only played nine games due to injury.
Chargers rookie tight end Oronde Gadsden II exploded onto the scene in Dissly’s absence, putting up 49 receptions for 664 yards. He will enter the 2026 season as the starter, but the Chargers may be looking for a more experienced blocking TE2 who comes at a cheaper price than Dissly. New offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel also relied heavily on Julian Hill in Miami; the two could reunite in Los Angeles.
Predicting Dissly’s market in free agency is a challenge. He has a strong history as a blocker, and he is only one year removed from the best pass-catching year of his career. But there are several younger free agents like Cade Otton and Isaiah Likely with more receiving upside, as well as some younger blockers like Charlie Kolar and Jake Tonges who could do more through the air with a greater target share.
Washington, 23, signed a three-year deal with the Chargers last year as an undrafted free agent out of Syracuse. He missed all of the 2025 season due to an undisclosed injury.
Chargers Plan To Release G Mekhi Becton
Already holding more than $84MM in cap space, the Chargers are prepared to create more soon. They are planning to release Mekhi Becton, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports.
This release is not yet official, potentially as the team holds out hope for a trade, but Fowler indicates Los Angeles will move on from Becton after one season. The Super Bowl-winning guard signed a two-year, $20MM Bolts deal in 2025. This move will create $9.7MM in cap space for the AFC West club.
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Mentioned in our Chargers Offseason Outlook as a player who would likely be cut, Becton did not fare as well as he did in Philadelphia. The NFL showed some skepticism about Becton last year, with the former Jets first-rounder taking a few days before committing to the Chargers. The Bolts gave Becton just $6.49MM guaranteed at signing, with the only dead money as part of this upcoming release tied up in a signing bonus.
A timeline is in place on Becton, who is due a $2.5MM roster bonus on March 13. This will bring a resolution. The Chargers including that bonus provided some protection in case the Eagles’ 2024 RG starter could not sustain his bounce-back form. Becton was a season-long Chargers starter at RG but underwhelmed while also missing time — as part of a battered Bolts O-line — due to injury. Maladies defined Becton’s Jets tenure, with the 2020 first-round pick missing almost all of the 2021 and ’22 seasons.
The Eagles moved to Tyler Steen, whom Becton beat out for their RG job in 2024, last season. Philly is not expected to pursue a reunion with Becton once he is released, Essentiallysports.com’s Tony Pauline notes. One season remains on Steen’s rookie contract. This could give the Chargers two guard needs, with LG Zion Johnson poised to be one of the market’s top free agents next week.
Los Angeles gave Becton 14 starts last season; Pro Football Focus ranked Becton 77th out of 79 qualified guards. Set to turn 27 in April, Becton (15 regular-season Eagles starts in 2024) has time to re-route his career. But this represents a significant step back. It could lead to tepid interest in the mammoth blocker in free agency.
Becton caught the Bolts’ attention while playing on a one-year, $2.75MM Eagles deal. That pact came weeks into the 2024 free agency period, as minimal interest came for a slimmed-down Becton after he spent 2023 back on the field — at both left and right tackle for the Jets — after the two-year injury spell. It would not surprise if Becton needs another “prove it” deal to rebound after his uninspiring Chargers campaign.
This release will move the Bolts past $91MM in cap space. Though, L.A. is not expected to be aggressive in free agency this offseason. But an opportunity to bolster the roster in a competitive division awaits for Jim Harbaugh and GM Joe Hortiz.
Khalil Mack To Play In 2026; Chargers Re-Signing Likely?
Khalil Mack is set to put off retirement for at least one more year. The All-Pro edge rusher will play in 2026, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network confirms. 
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Mack looms as one of the top edge rushers set to test free agency despite his age. The 35-year-old is joined by Odafe Oweh as a Chargers pass rusher in danger of departing next week. General manager Joe Hortiz has expressed a desire to retain both, and efforts to work out a deal in each case are no doubt ongoing.
With respect to Mack in particular, Daniel Popper of The Athletic writes (subscription required) a re-signing appears to be likely. Among his many accolades, Mack has yet to win a playoff game and it would certainly come as no surprise if he targeted a contender as his next (quite possibly final) NFL team. Having reached the postseason in both of Hortiz and head coach Jim Harbaugh‘s seasons at the helm, the Bolts could fit the bill in that respect, and Popper notes Mack is fond of his current situation in Los Angeles.
As Rapoport notes, however, Mack is set to weigh his options with free agency looming. The 2010s All-Decade Team member was limited to 12 games in 2025, but prior to that he enjoyed a three-year run with only one missed contest. Mack reached double-digit sacks as recently as 2023 when he set a new career high with 17. Since then, he has totaled 11.5 across the past two seasons while adding six forced fumbles.
Free agency is set to include other veterans such as Trey Hendrickson and Bradley Chubb. Oweh, like Jaelan Phillips and Kwity Paye, is on course to test the market for the first time in his career. Popper adds Oweh – who thrived following the midseason trade which sent him from the Ravens to the Chargers – is among the pass rushers in line to have a strong market. Retaining Mack would allow Los Angeles to pair him once more with Tuli Tuipulotu, who is coming off a Pro Bowl season and is now eligible for an extension.
Over the course of his career, Mack has accumulated over $187MM in earnings. That total includes the one-year Chargers contracts he played on in 2024 and ’25. Another one could soon be in store.
2026 NFL Offseason Outlook Series
Pro Football Rumors is breaking down how all 32 teams’ offseason blueprints are shaping up. Going forward, the Offseason Outlook series is exclusive to Trade Rumors Front Office subscribers, and that link provides details on how to sign up for an annual membership.
Here are PFR’s 2026 rundowns of the 32 teams’ offseason blueprints:
AFC East
AFC North
AFC South
AFC West
NFC East
NFC North
NFC South
NFC West
Saints C Will Clapp To Retire
Following an eight-year career as a center in the NFL with stops in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Buffalo, Will Clapp announced on his Instagram today that he will be retiring from the NFL. According to Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.football, the end of Clapp’s playing career may just coincide with the start of his coaching career. 
Clapp came to the NFL after three years as a starter at LSU. The nearby Saints drafted him in the seventh round of the 2018 NFL Draft, and though he made the initial 53-man roster as a rookie, he didn’t make his NFL debut until the final three weeks of the season, culminating with his first NFL start in a meaningless Week 17 affair. In Year 2, Clapp became established as a key contributor off the bench for the Saints offensive line. Despite only logging three actual starts, Clapp played in 15 games, often getting a decent snap share in each contest (33.5 percent of the offensive snaps that season).
Unfortunately, Clapp saw his role greatly reduced in Year 3. After failing to make the initial 53-man roster for 2020, he spent most of the year bouncing back and forth from the active roster and practice squad, and his snap shares fell dramatically in the eight games in which he did play. After starting 2021 on injured reserve and getting activated in early October, it was more of the same as he continued to bounce back and forth between the taxi squad and 53-man roster. Over four years in New Orleans, Clapp played in 34 games with seven of those being starts.
In 2022, he signed with the Chargers. While he made the 53-man roster and remained there for the entire season for the first time since his sophomore campaign, Clapp resumed a backup role, playing only special teams in most games with a few midgame replacements and three starts. The following year, though, a season-ending heart issue for starting center Corey Linsley opened the door for Clapp to finally work as a starter. He worked with the first-team offense from Week 4 all the way to Week 15 of that season, at which point he suffered a knee injury that landed him on IR for the remainder of the year.
Following his time in LA, Clapp signed with the Bills. After failing to make the initial 53-man roster, Clapp was retained on the practice squad. Buffalo brought him back to the active roster in Week 4 that year, but after he went 10 straight games as a healthy scratch, the team relegated him back to the practice squad before elevating him to start in the final game of the regular season. That game (not including special teams duty in two playoff games) would be his last. Clapp returned to New Orleans for a second stint this past offseason but suffered a season-ending Lisfranc injury in the team’s first preseason game.
A New Orleans native, Clapp’s time with the Saints may not be over just yet. Per Underhill’s NOF colleague, Mike Triplett, during his stint on IR this year, Clapp began to help out the Saints coaching staff. Fellow former Saints offensive lineman Jahri Evans set that example starting back in 2022. After working as an intern and offensive assistant, Evans was named assistant offensive line coach last year but just left to take the same job with the Steelers this offseason. That leaves a vacancy that could easily be filled by Clapp. Clapp is already extremely familiar with offensive line coach Brendan Nugent, who was OL coach for the Chargers during Clapp’s stay in LA.
While his playing career ended earlier than he likely hoped it would, Clapp seems primed to begin his career as a coach, following in Evans’ footsteps. We’ll have to keep an eye out for an announcement in the near future potentially naming Clapp to the assistant OL coaching role in New Orleans.
Chargers Want To Re-Sign OLBs Khalil Mack, Odafe Oweh
The Chargers are not expected to be aggressive with outside free agents; that keeps with the team’s Joe Hortiz-Jim Harbaugh regime trend through two offseasons. But the Bolts do have some high-end UFAs-to-be they want to retain.
Guard Zion Johnson is unattached, as are their two Tuli Tuipulotu sidekick options — Khalil Mack, Odafe Oweh. Although Tuipulotu is now extension-eligible after a breakthrough third season, Hortiz wants both Mack and Oweh back.
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“They know we want them back,” Hortiz said of Mack and Oweh, via The Athletic’s Daniel Popper. “When players go into free agency, once the season ends, it takes a little bit of time, but we’ll keep chipping away at it, and we’ll see if we can get something done with them. I have no problem having a bunch of great edge rushers.”
Mack played out a one-year, $18MM deal — the highest non-QB one-year pact in NFL history — and turned 35 on Sunday. Missing time with a dislocated elbow, Mack was back after the four-game IR minimum to help a Bolts pass rush refueled by the Oweh trade. The Chargers and Ravens swapped picks along with Oweh and safety Alohi Gilman. Both are moving toward free agency. Oweh impressed after a slow start in his final Ravens stretch. After registering zero sacks with Baltimore last year, he surged to 7.5 in 12 Los Angeles games.
As we covered in our Chargers Offseason Outlook piece, the team holds more than $80MM in cap space and can reach around $100MM with reasonable cuts. That would keep the door open for another Mack contract, and both an Oweh re-signing and Tuipulotu extension could coexist considering all the space available. The Chargers have not spent much on defense since Harbaugh’s arrival, but an Oweh re-signing would change that. No Tuipulotu extension talks have commenced yet, per Hortiz.
L.A. is not expected to tag Oweh; that move is projected to cost upwards of $28MM. This would be a way to ensure the 2021 first-rounder stays, but the team still has until March 9 to conduct exclusive negotiations with the 27-year-old EDGE’s camp. If Oweh reaches the market, he will join Jaelan Phillips, Trey Hendrickson, Kwity Paye and Bradley Chubb among this FA class’ top edge rushers.
Mack has played the past four seasons with the Bolts, accepting a pay cut in 2024 and re-signing in ’25. While Mack has only produced one season with more than eight sacks as a Charger (17.5 in 2023), he has remained a productive cog into his mid-30s.
Hortiz was less definitive about the team’s stance with Johnson, who saw his fifth-year option declined in 2025. Addressing Johnson’s free agency, the third-year GM said the Chargers will “see how the market goes, if he gets to the market.”
With this year’s guard class including several older players, Johnson could cash in. Popper projects a deal that could reach $20MM per year. Johnson joins Ed Ingram, Dylan Parham and Daniel Faalele as notable first-time UFA guards. The 2022 Bolts first-rounder has been durable — among the only Charger O-linemen able to make that claim — and has served as a four-year starter.
Declining to address whether the Chargers would move off Mekhi Becton‘s two-year, $20MM contract after a disappointing season, Hortiz said the team will “try” to replace the recently retired Bradley Bozeman in free agency. The veteran center loomed as a cut candidate but opted to retire after eight seasons.
Chargers C Bradley Bozeman Announces Retirement
After eight seasons in the NFL, Chargers center Bradley Bozeman is hanging up his cleats. The 31-year-old announced his retirement on Instagram on Monday (via Adam Schefter of ESPN).
The Chargers were the third team for Bozeman, an Alabama product who entered the league as a sixth-round pick of the Ravens in 2018. With Matt Skura then serving as the Ravens’ center, Bozeman’s lone start during a 14-game rookie season came at left guard. Bozeman became a full-time starter at left guard in 2019, his first of three straight 16-game seasons.
After Skura left the Ravens to sign with the Dolphins in 2021, Bozeman switched back to center. It turned out to be the last season in Baltimore for Bozeman, who accepted Carolina’s one-year offer in 2022.
Although Bozeman only started in 11 of 17 games in his first season in Carolina, he was impressive enough for the Panthers to bring him back on a three-year, $18MM contract. The 325-pounder notched a 17-start season in the first year of the deal, but the Panthers released him in March 2024.
A week after his Carolina tenure ended, Bozeman moved to the West Coast on a one-year agreement with the Chargers. Bozeman made just over $1.1MM during another 17-start season, leading the Chargers to award him a raise on a two-year, $6.5MM accord last March.
While Bozeman was again a full-time starter over 16 games in 2025, Pro Football Focus ranked his performance last among 37 qualifying centers. His struggles were among a handful of problems up front for the Chargers, who went without injured left tackle Rashawn Slater for the season and didn’t have right tackle Joe Alt for most of it. As a result of the Chargers’ O-line woes, quarterback Justin Herbert took the league’s second-most sacks (54).
The Chargers may have been in the market for a center this offseason had Bozeman kept playing in 2026. They definitely will be now that Bozeman is walking away after 129 games and 110 starts in the league. His exit will clear the way for yet another new starting pivot for the Chargers. The Bolts have not used the same primary starting center for three straight years since longtime staple Nick Hardwick retired in 2014.
Chargers Unlikely To Be Active In Free Agency
The Chargers are currently projected to have nearly $83MM in cap space for the 2026 offseason. That could lead to a spending spree, but such an approach should not be expected. 
Joe Hortiz is entering his third offseason as the Bolts’ general manager. The veteran executive’s time in Los Angeles was preceded by a lengthy stint with the Ravens, a team known for emphasizing the draft in its roster-building philosophy. Hortiz has maintained a similar approach to that of the Ravens so far in his GM tenure, and that can be expected to continue this year.
“I don’t want to spend recklessly,” Hortiz recently said (via ESPN’s Kris Rhim). “If you chase perceived needs in free agency, in the draft and more often than not overpaying or making a mistake. So, we do have to be calculated. We have to be smarter.”
The Chargers find themselves in need of additions along the interior of the offensive and defensive lines this spring. The team’s pass rush setup could also be much different relatively soon, as both Odafe Oweh and Khalil Mack are pending free agents. Hortiz will have a number of key decisions to make over the coming months. Los Angeles currently has six draft picks, including one in each of the first four rounds.
Some of the team’s positional needs will no doubt remain largely unfilled until April, as is common practice around the league. Nevertheless, the Chargers could manage to win at least one notable bidding war on the open market given their financial flexibility. A continued emphasis will no doubt continue to be placed on retaining in-house players, of course. The new pact for Teair Tart is a recent example of strong Los Angeles performers landing notable commitments from Hortiz and the front office.
There are other candidates to be re-signed in short order, and the Bolts also obviously have a list of extension candidates to work on leading up to Week 1. There could still be room for a splashy outside addition or two, but much of the team’s resources will likely be aimed elsewhere.
Chargers Expected To Retain WR Coach Sanjay Lal, QB Coach Shane Day
While the Chargers offensive coaching staff has seen some significant change this offseason, the organization is planning to stick with two key assistants. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Chargers plan to retain wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal and quarterbacks coach Shane Day.
Lal has spent the majority of his NFL career coaching wide receivers, including stops with the Raiders, Jets, Bills, Colts, Cowboys, Seahawks, Jaguars, and Chargers. During his time in Dallas, he helped guide a pair of 1,000-yard receivers in Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup, and he later achieved the same feat with D.K. Metcalfand Tyler Lockett in Seattle.
He joined Jim Harbaugh‘s staff in Los Angeles ahead of the 2024 campaign and has spent the past two seasons coaching Chargers wideouts. He got a standout performance from a rookie Ladd McConkey in 2024, and he saw three of his WRs (McConkey, Keenan Allen, and Quentin Johnston) top 700 receiving yards in 2025.
Day’s responsibilities have evolved throughout his coaching career, but he’s most recently been in charge of guiding quarterbacks. He got a career year out of Jimmy Garoppolo in 2019 before dealing with an inconsistent QB grouping in 2020. He took a job with the Chargers in 2021 and helped guide a sophomore Justin Herbert to a still-career-high 38 passing touchdowns. He was fired alongside offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi following the 2022 campaign and spent a year in Houston before returning to the Chargers in 2024. Day has spent the past two years guiding the team’s QBs.
The Chargers were quick to move on from offensive coordinator Greg Roman following the offense’s no-show performance in their playoff loss to the Patriots. Harbaugh eventually recruited Mike McDaniel to Los Angeles, and the former Dolphins head coach is expected to shape his offensive staff. However, the new OC seems content in maintaining some continuity in the QBs room and WRs room.