Offensive lineman Foster Sarell failed to make the Commanders during training camp last summer, but he’ll take another shot at it in 2026.
The Commanders announced that they have signed Sarell on Tuesday. No terms of the deal were disclosed.
Sarell was released by Washington last August and wound up on the Chargers’ practice squad. He went on to play six games and make one start during the regular season.
The move to the Chargers was also a return engagement for Sarell. He played in 35 games and made three starts for the AFC West team between 2021 and 2024. He also had brief stints with the Ravens and Giants after going undrafted out of Stanford in 2021.
Six months after tearing his Achilles tendon, free agent running back Najee Harris wants NFL teams to see that his recovery is on pace.
Harris’s agent posted video of him sprinting on a treadmill this week. Harris tore his Achilles in his third game with the Chargers, on September 21.
Running in a straight line on a treadmill is a far cry from the kind of cutting a running back has to do on the football field, but being able to sprint in March is a good sign that he’ll be able to do everything he has to do by Week One.
2025 was a rough year for Harris, who also injured his eye in a fireworks accident on the Fourth of July. That forced him to miss a lot of work in training camp and the preseason, but he was ready to go by the start of the regular season.
The 28-year-old Harris signed a one-year contract with the Chargers last year but was lost for the season after carrying the ball just 15 times. He had previously played for the Steelers, who drafted him in the first round in 2021, for four seasons and topped 1,000 yards in all four of them.
Two days before the inaugural Fanatics Flag Football Classic, there’s been an injury replacement.
Fanatics has announced that Chargers safety Derwin James Jr. suffered a “minor injury” earlier in the week, before reporting to the event. He’ll be replaced by longtime Vikings safety Harrison Smith.
A first-round pick in 2012 and a 14-year veteran, the Vikings released Smith last week.
Smith was a six-time Pro Bowler. He landed on the All-Pro first team in 2017 and the All-Pro second team in 2018.
He joins the Wildcats team captained by Jayden Daniels and Joe Burrow in Saturday’s three-team flag football tournament. Earlier this month, the event was moved from Saudi Arabia to Los Angeles.
Tony Jefferson is ready for another run with the Chargers.
Jefferson and the Chargers have agreed to a one-year contract, according to Jordan Schultz.
It’s the third year in a row Jefferson has signed a one-year deal with the Chargers. He also signed with them in 2024 and 2025, starting both seasons on the practice squad but then spending most of his time on the active roster. Last year Jefferson played in 13 games with eight starts.
The 34-year-old Jefferson originally signed with the Cardinals as an undrafted rookie in 2013. He then played for the Ravens, 49ers, Ravens again and Giants before announcing his retirement and sitting out the 2023 season. He un-retired when he signed with the Chargers in 2024.
Free agent offensive tackle Austin Deculus reached an agreement today with the Titans, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Deculus, 27, spent last season with the Chargers.
He started five games on the team’s injury-plagued line last season and set career-highs with 13 game appearances, 516 offensive snaps and 41 special teams snaps.
Deculus entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick of the Texans in 2022.
He spent three seasons in his hometown, playing 13 games with one start.
The Texans traded him to the Chargers last August.
