{"id":253310,"date":"2025-10-31T23:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/253310\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T23:16:08","slug":"chargers-healthy-scratch-could-signal-las-top-trade-asset-at-nfl-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/253310\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers’ healthy scratch could signal LA’s top trade asset at NFL trade deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> will sell anything at the upcoming NFL trade deadline, it almost certainly seems like it will be a veteran offensive player who can\u2019t crack the lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A week ago, onlookers noticed that tight end Will Dissly wasn’t getting any playing time despite being absent from most injury reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then, this week, Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh admitted that Dissly was indeed a healthy scratch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Granted, Dissly is on the injury report ahead of Week 9<\/a> and listed as questionable, but the damage has been done, or so to speak, on the idea of his availability via trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jim Harbaugh on if Will Dissly was a healthy scratch for TNF last week: “Yes.” <\/p>\n

Why? <\/p>\n

“We felt the other four (TEs) fit that game plan better, and they were the healthiest, too.” <\/p>\n

So health was a factor? <\/p>\n

“Yes.” <\/p>\n

Harbaugh said Dissly had an MCL injury earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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Dissly isn\u2019t going to draw much in the way of value on the NFL trade block ahead of Tuesday\u2019s deadline. But he does have an out built into his contract after the season, otherwise he\u2019s a $5.5 million cap hit <\/a>in the final year of his deal in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now 29 years old, Dissly underwhelmed last year in his debut with the Chargers, catching 50 passes for 481 yards and two scores over 15 games. He\u2019s caught four passes in four games this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While veteran free-agent signing Tyler Conklin has been a bust for the Chargers, rookie Oronde Gadsden is one of the biggest breakouts<\/a> of the entire 2025 draft class. If the Chargers can flip Dissly for a late-round pick or even depth in the secondary or along the offensive line, they\u2019d be foolish not to jump at the chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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