Los Angeles Chargers trade for promising Titans cornerback after setting roster

Travis Wakeman

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Los Angeles Chargers trade for promising Titans cornerback after setting roster image

One day after setting their initial 53-man roster, the Los Angeles Chargers have traded for Tennessee Titans cornerback Elijah Molden. The details of the trade said the Chargers gave the Titans late-round draft pick compensation. 

This is an aggressive move for the Chargers after they kept six cornerbacks on the 53-man roster. Molden, a starter in 2023, was a third-round pick of the Titans out of Washington in 2021. He now joins a secondary that will face the league's best quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, twice per year. 

In 33 career games for the Titans, Molden has 140 tackles, two interceptions and two fumble recoveries. In a very impressive statistic, Molden has returned three of his four career turnovers for touchdowns. Still just 25 years old, the Chargers are getting him in the prime of his career. 

Chargers have strong connection to former Titans this year

When Jim Harbaugh came into the position of Chargers head coach, he brought on a lot of former Baltimore Ravens, the team his brother coaches for. J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards, Bradley Bozeman and Ben Mason were all signed. 

But now, on the defensive side of the ball, the team has grabbed four former Titans: Teair Tart, Kristian Fulton, Bud Dupree and now Molden. You have to wonder if there is something the coaching staff noticed there because it seems too much to be a coincidence. 

The Chargers will now have to release a player from the 53-man roster to make room for Molden while also releasing a player to make room for Hassan Haskins, who was claimed off waivers earlier in the day. JT Woods and Jaret Patterson would seem to be strong possibilities there. 

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Travis Wakeman has been covering the NFL since 2012 when he started with Bleacher Report. After reporting about the Broncos there until 2016, he joined the FanSided network as a site expert covering the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers while simultaneously covering the Broncos at Broncos Wire when that site launched. He then took over the Broncos site at FanSided in March 2020 and covered the team there until spring of 2024. A lifelong Broncos fan and fan of the game, Travis is filled with sometimes useless NFL knowledge, but it always serves him well in any trivia contest. You can follow him on Twitter/X @traviswakeman10.