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Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh tees off on Broncos for backing out of trade post deadline: 'Bad precedent'

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh called out the Denver Broncos after a trade involving linebacker Daiyan Henley fell through.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 12, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC
Key points
  • "The Broncos based a pass-fail on a medical grade, based on whether we would take less compensation, and we wouldn’t, and we didn’t," Harbaugh told reporters Thursday.
  • Henley is in his fourth season with the Chargers after being selected in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Washington State.
  • Harbaugh criticized the Broncos, saying they would have passed Henley on his medical evaluation in exchange for less compensation.

The Chargers agreed to trade Henley for a 2027 fourth-round pick and a 2028 fifth-round pick, but Harbaugh said the Broncos wanted to change the 2028 pick compensation based on a pass-fail medical grade.

The Broncos ' medical evaluation of Henley after the trade did not match the Chargers' evaluation before the teams agreed to terms, according to the report.

Additional details
  • And all that’s considered and should be considered by the league when they look into this loophole." Harbaugh said Henley was back in meetings Thursday.
  • They told us they weren’t going to pass him if it was a fourth and a fifth, which was agreed upon, and they would not pass him for that.
  • "Really, it shouldn’t be (a loophole), but apparently it is," Harbaugh said.
  • "He was welcomed back with open arms, and happy about that," Harbaugh said.
  • The 26-year-old linebacker was on the injury report in Week 9 with a shoulder injury but played 61 of the team's 70 defensive snaps.

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