Chargers’ Trey Lance finally enters the NFL trade deadline speculation mill

Lance isn’t going to a contender and giving them a shot. But his hot preseason might have teams with long-term needs thinking about him. 

ESPN’s Ben Solak thinks that could be the Miami Dolphins before they end the Tua Tagovailoa era, even bringing up a past connection to tie it all together: 

“The Dolphins are a struggling team that should trade players at the deadline. But perhaps taking a midseason moonshot on a young quarterback makes sense while the team prepares for its inevitable split with Tua Tagovailoa. Mike McDaniel was the 49ers' offensive coordinator when San Francisco drafted Lance in 2021.”

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The Dolphins are obviously blowing things up, perhaps even before the end of the season, so this isn’t all that far out there. 

For the Chargers, they’d have to consider even a late-round pick in the exchange, too. If Herbert goes down, they’re probably toast regardless. And with the way the front office has turned mid-or-late-round picks into the likes of Tarheeb Still, Cam Hart and Oronde Gadsden lately, how could they turn down another roll of the dice in exchange for a guy who should never see the field?

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