{"id":852593,"date":"2026-04-04T03:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/852593\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:46:32","slug":"chargers-daily-links-friday-open-thread-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/852593\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers Daily Links: Friday Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Chargers<\/a> fans!<\/p>\n

You know what to do!<\/p>\n

And now for today\u2019s links.<\/p>\n

Is running back<\/a> a need for the Chargers in the 2026 NFL Draft? (Chargers.com)<\/p>\n

Jim Habraugh got honest about new OC Mike McDaniel<\/a> at the league meetings in Arizona (Chargers Wire)<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

The Chargers may have to accept that the draft\u2019s top guard prospect<\/a> may not be there at No. 22 (Bolt Beat)<\/p>\n

Justin Herbert and Madison Beer\u2019s relationship<\/a> continues to become more public-facing (Charger Report)<\/p>\n

Stephon Gilmore<\/a> announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday (ESPN)<\/p>\n

The Raiders signed quarterback Kirk Cousins<\/a> as a potential bridge to rookie Fernando Mendoza (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Kyle Dugger<\/a> is excited to join the Bengals after a \u201crough two years\u201d (Pro Football Talk)<\/p>\n

Would Kyle Shanahan<\/a> ever leave the sideline to join the media? (NFL.com)<\/p>\n

Check out this complete seven-round 2026 mock draft<\/a> (CBS Sports)<\/p>\n

Kirk Cousins being brought in by the Raiders to mentor Fernando Mendoza<\/a> makes too much sense (Sports Illustrated)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Chargers fans! You know what to do! And now for today\u2019s links. Is running back a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[375,1443,241,15081,3619,7,41321,1159,294,7882,2812,1014,262,2444,2443,4836,6,9896],"class_list":{"0":"post-852593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-chargers","11":"tag-denzel-perryman","12":"tag-fernando-mendoza","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-inglewood","15":"tag-justin-herbert","16":"tag-kirk-cousins","17":"tag-kyle-dugger","18":"tag-kyle-shanahan","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-losangeleschargers","23":"tag-mike-mcdaniel","24":"tag-nfl","25":"tag-stephon-gilmore"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116344388581178670","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852593","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=852593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}