{"id":832401,"date":"2026-03-25T05:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/832401\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T05:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:21:18","slug":"chargers-linked-to-free-agent-wr-jauan-jennings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/832401\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers linked to free agent WR Jauan Jennings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 24, 2026, 11:43 a.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chargers have been linked to free agent wide receiver Jauan Jennings, who has yet to sign with a team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Bleacher Report&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25408619-best-fits-jauan-jennings-top-remaining-players-2026-nfl-free-agency\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kristopher Knox<\/a> believes two teams with a 49ers connection would be a good fit for Jennings. The Chargers&#8217; offensive coordinator is Mike McDaniel, and the Titans&#8217; head coach, Robert Saleh, both previously worked in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The Titans employ former 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh as their head coach. As previously mentioned, second-year quarterback Cam Ward could use more talent on the perimeter. Jennings would be great for the young signal-caller,&#8221; Knox writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Jennings would also be a sensible replacement for Keenan Allen for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>. L.A. could use a possession receiver and employs former 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel in the same position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">McDaniel and Jennings were on the 49ers together for\u00a0one season,\u00a02021. During that season, McDaniel served as the offensive coordinator, while Jennings played his first regular-season action. That year, Jennings found the end zone five times.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jennings is coming off a 2025 season with the 49ers, where he recorded a career-high\u00a0nine touchdowns\u00a0on 55 catches, despite missing time with injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While not a huge need, the Chargers could benefit from an X-receiver, a role that Jennings would fill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 24, 2026, 11:43 a.m. PT The Chargers have been linked to free agent wide receiver Jauan Jennings,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[95878,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,97083,97084,96014,95882,97379,97140,97085,95899,95975,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-832401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflchargers","17":"tag-sstsnchargers","18":"tag-tagalec-pierce","19":"tag-tagamerican-football","20":"tag-tagjauan-jennings","21":"tag-tagkeenan-allen","22":"tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagrobert-saleh","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116288139434328771","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}