Broncos commerce with Chargers for Daiyan Henley known as off in stunner
The NFL commerce deadline had another twist in spite of everything.
Over a day after the 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline, the Broncos introduced their commerce for Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley has been known as off.
“The proposed commerce involving Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley is not going to be finalized,” Denver mentioned in an announcement shortly after midnight Jap on Thursday.
“We’ve nice respect for Daiyan as a participant and particular person, and we want him all the very best shifting ahead.”
The groups mentioned the commerce — which might have despatched a 2027 fourth-round decide and 2028 fifth-rounder to Los Angeles — was pending a bodily.
It’s unclear what problem scuttled the commerce. Henley handled a shoulder problem in follow final week, however performed in Sunday’s loss to the Texans.
He recorded six tackles and an interception.
Henley, a third-round decide in 2023, had 100-plus tackles in every of the final two seasons, with a career-best 147 in 2024. He leads the Chargers with 51 tackles this season.
Nonetheless, Henley hasn’t graded effectively this 12 months, with a 50.6 mark on Professional Soccer Focus — which ranks 67th out of 79 linebackers.
Nonetheless, he would’ve supplied the AFC West-leading Broncos with extra defensive depth. Even with a 7-2 document, Denver has yielded 355 yards per recreation (twenty sixth within the NFL).
It’s the second proposed commerce to be known as off after the Bengals walked out of a commerce with the Eagles that might’ve landed Cincinnati edge rusher Arnold Ebiketie over the staff’s compensatory picks components that might have seen it lose a third-round decide it had gained when Trey Hendrickson left for the Ravens in free company.
