APRIL FOOLS: Los Angeles Chargers Moves EXPOSED, Overpriced Defenders & Chiefs Can’t Quit Kelce

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Los Angeles Chargers squander a golden offseason opportunity as questionable free agency decisions raise eyebrows across the NFL. Despite boasting top-tier cap space and a talented core led by Justin Herbert, the Chargers opt for aging veterans like Khalil Mack over retaining explosive young talent Odafe Oweh, shelling out hefty contracts to fringe starters such as Cole Strange and Charlie Kolar. Are the Chargers really positioning themselves as contenders in the loaded AFC West, or have they hit the panic button too soon? Elsewhere, the Las Vegas Raiders spark debate by making Quay Walker the NFL’s eighth highest-paid linebacker—despite a profile that’s anything but elite—while also tying up significant resources in Nicoby Dean. The Tennessee Titans hand a massive deal to Alontae Taylor, and the Kansas City Chiefs bet on an aging Travis Kelce to keep their lackluster offense afloat. Can these teams justify their splashy moves, or will they wish these offseason gambles were just April Fools’ jokes?

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0:00.0	April fools.
0:03.1	We're going to discuss NFL offseason moves that most teams should probably wish they could take back today.
0:09.7	I'm locked on NFL scouting.
0:16.1	You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting.
0:24.9	Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:30.6	What's better than this?
0:32.3	It's guys being dudes.
0:34.7	I'm Joe Marino.
0:35.8	That's Kyle Crabs on today's episode in the spirit of April Fool's Day,
0:41.7	which was yesterday. We're going to consider some offseason moves that, well, would have been better
0:48.0	as April Fool's jokes, but that's not how it always goes. So Kyle, we've had a lot of nice
0:54.0	things to say throughout the weeks on free agent goes. So Kyle, we've had a lot of nice things to say throughout the weeks
0:55.9	on free agent moves, but today we change the script. Yeah, it's, uh, sometimes it's benefit
1:05.2	of hindsight. Sometimes you kind of just, you know, if you get in the open market and you play in that end of the pool,
1:14.0	sometimes it's costly business.
1:16.6	And I know you have one team in particular that you seem to have some convictions on.
1:22.6	And I don't know who it is.
1:23.6	And neither does anybody else who's listening to this point.
1:34.9	Yes, I think, I think there's a team that has just really, really, really not done a good job.
1:40.2	And I'm sure their fans will not like what I have to say, but that's okay.
1:41.9	I'm going to be honest about how I feel.
1:45.3	I think the Los Angeles Chargers have just whiffed massively on what they've done so far this offseason. And they entered the
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