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Pro Bowl tight end David Njoku set to visit Chargers next week

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Eric Himmelheber

Published 1 month ago

Former Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl tight end David Njoku is set to visit the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday, according to multiple reports.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/njoku-david/riJ4gpT3/"]Njoku[/a], 29, visited the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/baltimore-ravens/pUern3T0/"]Baltimore Ravens[/a] back in March, but the team went in a different direction. The vet will be entering his 10th season after spending all of the previous nine with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cleveland-browns/KfzTWqa1/"]Browns[/a].[/p][embed guid="08313903-61f1-4e07-ab65-693edc07aaa3" url="https://x.com/AroundTheNFL/status/2050694318470385755?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]His four touchdowns last season were the fewest in the past three years, while his 293 receiving yards were his fewest since 2020, when he posted 213.[/p][p]His lone Pro Bowl year (2023) came after posting a career-high across the board in receptions (81), targets (121), yards (882), and touchdowns (6). Njoku has yet to eclipse any of those numbers in any season since.[/p][p]He missed a total of 11 games in the past two seasons due to ankle and hamstring injuries in 2024 and multiple knee injuries in 2025. [/p][embed guid="3cc33035-9b7b-4717-8613-8a2aa6783d70" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/1997740399709048951?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-chargers/K0iU7PXK/"]Chargers[/a] recently signed former Ravens third-string tight end [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kolar-charlie/baPdpNHr/"]Charlie Kolar[/a] to a three-year, $24.3 million deal this offseason as he sits behind two-year tight end standout Oronde Gadsden, who posted 664 yards and three touchdowns as a rookie. [/p][p]Los Angeles finished with an 11-6 record last season, then lost to the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-england-patriots/G6oNfmi8/"]New England Patriots[/a] in the AFC Wild Card of the playoffs. Since Njoku's career started in 2017, the Browns have only had two winning records and two playoff appearances. [/p][p]In that same time span, the Chargers have posted six winning records with four playoff appearances, losing in the Wild Card in three of the past four seasons.[/p][embed guid="16b6f8bc-8dd3-47c4-8c9f-4f6bdeb9a2a4" url="https://x.com/NFL/status/1974860216224067772?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]

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