# Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh tees off on Broncos for backing out of trade post deadline: ‘Bad precedent’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/chargers-coach-jim-harbaugh-tees-off-on-broncos-for-backing-out-of-trade-post-deadline-bad-precedent/
- Published: 2026-11-13T00:14:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/chargers-coach-jim-harbaugh-tees-off-broncos-backing-out-trade-post-deadline-bad-precedent
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Broncos revisited trade terms after Henley’s medical evaluation.
- Harbaugh called the move a bad precedent and urged NFL review.
- Henley is back with the Chargers after the deal fell through.

## Summary

New details indicate the Broncos were allowed to revisit the proposed trade terms after consulting the NFL, following a disagreement over linebacker Daiyan Henley’s medical evaluation. Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh criticised the move as a loophole that could set a bad precedent and said the league should review it.

The teams had agreed to send Henley to Denver for a 2027 fourth-round pick and a 2028 fifth-round pick, but the Broncos reportedly sought to change the later pick depending on a pass-or-fail medical assessment. Henley, 26, had a shoulder injury listed in Week 9 but played 61 of 70 defensive snaps; he has returned to Chargers meetings. Across 56 career games, he has 317 tackles, five sacks, four interceptions and one forced fumble.

## Coverage

- [Fox News: Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh tees off on Broncos for backing out of trade post deadline: ‘Bad precedent’](https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/chargers-coach-jim-harbaugh-tees-off-broncos-backing-out-trade-post-deadline-bad-precedent)
- [New York Post: Chargers’ Jim Harbaugh blames Broncos over botched trade deadline deal](https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/sports/chargers-jim-harbaugh-rips-broncos-over-failed-daiyan-henley-trade/)

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