Jamaree Salyer is officially looking for a new home again after Chargers exit

The Los Angeles Chargers needed to overhaul their offensive line this offseason. That came with a series of pretty easy decisions.

Bradley Bozeman's retirement was first on the list— he was one of the worst centers of all of football last season, and it was time for the Chargers to find an upgrade for their new offensive scheme. Letting both Mekhi Becton and Zion Johnson walk was also perfectly justifiable. Becton never found his footing in Los Angeles, and Johnson's three-year, $49.5 million contract wouldn't have made any sense on the Chargers' books.

But it wasn't just the starting offensive line that was overhauled. Beyond Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater, only Trey Pipkins III and Trevor Penning returned from last year's squad. Everyone else was an addition either through the draft or free agency.

Some of those pieces the Chargers let go, including guard/tackle Jamaree Salyer, have serious chances to make something of themselves elsewhere. Salyer, at one point, had a real shot to carve out a starting role in the wide-open Miami Dolphins offense.

But a knee injury early in training camp ultimately proved to be an insurmountable setback. Per Jeremy Fowler at ESPN, Miami is releasing Salyer with an injury settlement after placing him on the season-ending IR— but Salyer still has plans to sign with a team in-season, presumably once he's able to complete his rehab.

Jamaree Salyer could be a sneaky mid-season depth addition for any number of teams across the NFL

Salyer, who was drafted in the sixth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Chargers, didn't have the most consistent or the prettiest tenure in Los Angeles.

Although he showed some promise as the team's starting left tackle during his rookie campaign, the rest of his time with the Chargers was marked by a relatively low ceiling. He had a middling campaign as the starting right guard in 2023, and he allowed 19 pressures on just 273 pass-blocking snaps when he stepped in at left tackle, right guard, and right tackle for Los Angeles in 2025.

But his one-year, $1.2 million contract with Miami gave him a chance to turn things around entering his fifth season.

The Dolphins have undergone a complete overhaul after the firing of Mike McDaniel, and that left room for Salyer, as an experienced and versatile protector, to potentially wrestle away the starting right guard job from second-year pro Jonah Savaiinaea. Savaiinaea struggled to find his footing as a rookie, allowing 45 pressures and eight sacks over the course of the campaign.

But as mentioned above, Salyer's chance at the job was quickly derailed when he suffered an injury on just the third day of training camp.

The discrepancy here is somewhat confusing. The Dolphins placed Salyer on the season-ending injured reserve, but Fowler reports that he'll be looking to sign with a team in-season. Maybe there's some disagreement on the Dolphins medical staff's diagnosis of his injury.

If Salyer is truly healthy by mid-season, though, he could serve as a versatile addition for any team who's dealing with significant injuries along their offensive line.

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