Chargers HC Jim Harbaugh Blasts Broncos For Backing Out of Daiyan Henley Trade

The Los Angeles Chargers are currently the only winless team in the entire NFL, and as a result, there were some questions as to why they only made one trade, which was to send linebacker Daiyan Henley to the Denver Broncos in exchange for some draft picks.

With that said, the trade was actually canceled by the Broncos as a result of a health concern when it came to Henley's knee, which was interesting with the trade deadline having passed. 

Additionally, head coach Jim Harbaugh felt that this was the wrong move from the Broncos' side, and he gave his thoughts on that, speaking to the media on Thursday.

"Here's what I know from talking to Joe. 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. And in my opinion, it's one of those loopholes that the league should really look into because sets a bad precedent, continues to set a bad precedent," Harbaugh said.

Seeing the frustration from Harbaugh, it is pretty clear that he does not like the fact that Denver did this and that is definitely a justified point of view because as he mentioned there is a loophole that the Broncos were able to exploit that in a way puts the other team in an odd position when it comes to the trade.

Later in the media session, Harbaugh also added that he believed the Broncos canceled the trade because they wanted more draft compensation, and in a sense, Denver used Henley's knee injury as an excuse. Harbaugh claims that the Broncos already knew about Henley's injury history, which is why this situation is so odd.

Moving on from the business side of this, the Chargers now have to figure out how to not have an awkward relationship with Henley because is now back in the building. Another thing to keep in mind is the fact that Los Angeles said they never really wanted to trade Henley in the first place so that does make things quite interesting.

That said, Henley is an NFL veteran and understands that the NFL is a business and likely will be able to move on from this situation because he now stays in this defense with the hope of picking up their performance over the second half of the season to pick up the Chargers' first win of the season.

As far as the next opponent goes for the Chargers, that is the Baltimore Ravens, who are in a very interesting position as they will be without quarterback Lamar Jackson for a significant period of time and will be going with Jacoby Brissett at quarterback, who could help to run the offense well. Also, the Ravens do have running back Derrick Henry and wide receiver Zay Flowers as solid playmakers.

Based on that, it will be interesting to see how the Chargers perform as it will be a primetime stage with the game being on Monday Night Football in Baltimore in Week 10.

So, as the Chargers head into Week 10, it will be interesting to see where the vibes are at, and if they can respond and earn their first win of the season following a weird situation with Henley, and if Los Angeles can get their first win, the outlook should be much more positive moving forward.