2016 San Diego Chargers season
| 2016 San Diego Chargers season | |
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| Head coach | Mike McCoy |
| General manager | Tom Telesco |
| Owner | Alex Spanos |
| Home field | Qualcomm Stadium |
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The 2016 San Diego Chargers season will be the franchise's upcoming 47th season in the National Football League, the 57th overall and the fourth under head coach Mike McCoy. However, due to the age of Qualcomm Stadium, there was speculation that the team would be relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise played their first season in 1960, following a decision by the NFL to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to the Greater Los Angeles Area with a provision that the Chargers may relocate to Los Angeles as well. On January 4, 2016, the team filed a relocation application to the NFL along with the Rams and the Oakland Raiders and released a statement and a video on the team's website. The league made their decision in a special meeting on January 12; the league approved the Chargers to relocate if they chose to share Los Angeles Entertainment Center with the Rams (the Raiders-Chargers proposal did not receive enough support from the league as a whole to proceed, prompting the Raiders to back out). On January 29, 2016, the Chargers announced they would remain in San Diego, California for the 2016 season as negotiations with the city continue; the team also, at the same time, reached an agreement in principle to use the Rams' Los Angeles stadium if negotiations eventually fail.[1]
This will also be the first time in nine seasons that Pro Bowler free safety Eric Weddle is not on the team, due to his leave because of free agency to the Baltimore Ravens. In his so far nine-year career, Weddle has spent his entire career with the Chargers, starting from the 2007 NFL season.
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Draft
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| Round | Selection | Player | Position | College |
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| 1 | 3 | Joey Bosa | DE | Ohio State |
| 2 | 35 | Hunter Henry | TE | Arkansas |
| 3 | 66 | Max Tuerk | C | USC |
| 4 | 102 | Joshua Perry | LB | Ohio State |
| 5 | 175 | Jatavis Brown | LB | Akron |
| 6 | 179 | Drew Kaser | P | Texas A&M |
| 198 | Derek Watt | FB | Wisconsin | |
| 7 | 224 | Donavon Clark | G | Michigan State |
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- Notes
- The Chargers traded their 2016 fifth-round selection, along with their 2015 first- and fourth-round selections to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for the 49ers' 2015 first-round selection.
- The Chargers acquired an additional sixth-round selection in a trade that sent guard Jeremiah Sirles to the Minnesota Vikings.
- As the result of a negative differential of free agent signings and departures that the Chargers experienced during the 2015 free agency period, the team received one compensatory selection for the 2016 draft in the fifth round.[2] Free agent transactions that occurred after May 12, 2015 did not impact the team's formula for determining compensatory selections for the 2016 draft.[3]
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Current roster
Schedule
Preseason
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | TV | NFL.com recap |
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| 1 | August 13 | 5:00 p.m. PDT | at Tennessee Titans | Nissan Stadium | ||||
| 2 | August 19 | 6:00 p.m. PDT | Arizona Cardinals | Qualcomm Stadium | ||||
| 3 | August 28 | 10:00 a.m. PDT | at Minnesota Vikings | U.S. Bank Stadium | ||||
| 4 | September 1 | 7:00 p.m. PDT | San Francisco 49ers | Qualcomm Stadium |
Regular season
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Result | Record | Game site | TV | NFL.com recap |
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| 1 | September 11 | 10:00 a.m. PDT | at Kansas City Chiefs | Arrowhead Stadium | CBS | |||
| 2 | September 18 | 1:25 p.m. PDT | Jacksonville Jaguars | Qualcomm Stadium | CBS | |||
| 3 | September 25 | 1:25 p.m. PDT | at Indianapolis Colts | Lucas Oil Stadium | CBS | |||
| 4 | October 2 | 1:25 p.m. PDT | New Orleans Saints | Qualcomm Stadium | Fox | |||
| 5 | October 9 | 1:25 p.m. PDT | at Oakland Raiders | Oakland Alameda Coliseum | CBS | |||
| 6 | October 13 | 5:25 p.m. PDT | Denver Broncos | Qualcomm Stadium | CBS/NFLN/Twitter | |||
| 7 | October 23 | 1:05 p.m. PDT | at Atlanta Falcons | Georgia Dome | Fox | |||
| 8 | October 30 | 1:05 p.m. PDT | at Denver Broncos | Sports Authority Field at Mile High | CBS | |||
| 9 | November 6 | 1:25 p.m. PST | Tennessee Titans | Qualcomm Stadium | CBS | |||
| 10 | November 13 | 1:05 p.m. PST | Miami Dolphins | Qualcomm Stadium | CBS | |||
| 11 | Bye | |||||||
| 12 | November 27 | 10:00 a.m. PST | at Houston Texans | NRG Stadium | CBS | |||
| 13 | December 4 | 1:25 p.m. PST | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Qualcomm Stadium | Fox | |||
| 14 | December 11 | 10:00 a.m. PST | at Carolina Panthers | Bank of America Stadium | Fox | |||
| 15 | December 18 | 1:25 p.m. PST | Oakland Raiders | Qualcomm Stadium | CBS | |||
| 16 | December 24 | 10:00 a.m. PST | at Cleveland Browns | FirstEnergy Stadium | CBS | |||
| 17 | January 1 | 1:25 p.m. PST | Kansas City Chiefs | Qualcomm Stadium | CBS | |||
- Notes
- Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
- Networks and times for Sunday games from Weeks 5–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
References
- ↑ Hirsh, Lou (January 29, 2016). Chargers to Play in S.D. for 2016; More Negotiations Planned. San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
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