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EL SEGUNDO \u2014 David Njoku was a Cleveland Browns tight end for nine seasons, ever since they drafted him in the first round in 2017, so he said Tuesday it was difficult at first to imagine playing anywhere else. Free agency was a foreign concept for him until this year.<\/p>\n

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Then he visited with the Chargers, meeting team owner Dean Spanos, Coach Jim Harbaugh and General Manager Joe Hortiz, and, suddenly, he couldn\u2019t imagine playing anywhere else but Los Angeles. Njoku called the recruiting process \u201ccool\u201d and \u201cnew\u201d and \u201cdifferent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited and I\u2019m really glad to be here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Njoku, 29, signed a one-year contract worth up to $8 million earlier this month, joining a team that was intent on building more depth and experience at the tight end position. The Chargers had already signed former Baltimore Ravens tight end Charlie Kolar, pairing him with second-year pro Oronde Gadsden.<\/p>\n

Njoku, a Pro Bowl selection in 2023 after setting career bests with 81 catches for 882 yards and six touchdowns, gives Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert another target for the 2026 season. He also provides another big body to provide protection at a position of value for Harbaugh and Hortiz. Njoku is listed at 6-foot-4 and 246 pounds.<\/p>\n

Overall, Njoku had 384 receptions for 4,062 yards and 34 touchdown catches in 118 games, including 88 starts, over nine seasons with the Browns.<\/p>\n

The free agency process took more time than anyone might have expected, with his signing coming after the NFL draft and after many top players had already signed new contracts, but Njoku said he wasn\u2019t frustrated by the process. He said he could have signed elsewhere some time ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose to sign here because I thought it was the best fit for me,\u201d said Njoku, who has at least four touchdown catches in five consecutive seasons. \u201cWe have a great quarterback here and head coach \u2026 so, it was literally like a cumulative of little things that made me come here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pressed about leaving Cleveland after nearly a decade in a Browns uniform, he chuckled nervously and said, \u201cI mean, it\u2019s just business, honestly, I guess, I mean, that\u2019s what it comes down to is just figuring out what is the best route for me. As a team, I guess it was best that we part ways. I think it was best for both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

FURTHER REVIEW<\/h4>\n

Safety Tony Jefferson said he watched the plays he didn\u2019t make last season during his offseason film sessions, including a missed opportunity for an interception during the Chargers\u2019 16-3 loss to the New England Patriots in an AFC wild-card game, instead of the ones he did make.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat one beats me up,\u201d Jefferson said without going into specifics. \u201cIt was our last game. I could have had it. A pick there would have changed the game, but I\u2019m moving on from that. \u2026 To be honest, when I look back at the tape (from last season), for some reason, I always look at the plays I could have made, or the bad ones, more than I look at the good ones I did make.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jefferson had four interceptions in 13 games last season, a career high. But he said he believed he should have had \u201cseven or eight.\u201d He had never had more than two in a season over the course of his 11 years in the NFL, including the past two with the Chargers, who lured him from retirement in 2024.<\/p>\n

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Seven or eight interceptions is his goal for 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m chasing this year, to shock everybody,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

NOTABLE ABSENCES<\/h4>\n

Herbert was not present for practice for the second consecutive workout open to reporters. Practice is voluntary at this stage of the spring. He also was not on the field for the Chargers\u2019 workout on May 11. Backup quarterbacks Trey Lance and DJ Uiagalelei handled all the passing duties during drills. Wide receiver Ladd McConkey also was not on the field on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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