Theo Wease Jr. is on the move again, and this time he’s heading west to reconnect with a familiar face.
The former Dolphins receiver signed with the Los Angeles Chargers’ practice squad on Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, after Miami moved on from him during roster cuts. Wease had been a candidate to return to Miami on the practice squad, but instead he’s following former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel to Los Angeles.
Wease’s brief run with the Dolphins last season gave Miami a glimpse of what he could do when the ball found him. In three games at the end of the year, he caught six of 10 targets for 139 yards, and one of those grabs went for a 63-yard touchdown against the Buccaneers on his only catch in that game.
Now he joins a Chargers group that already includes two other former Dolphins in fullback Alec Ingold and guard Cole Strange. That’s enough to make the McDaniel connection hard to miss, especially after the viral NFL Draft clip from this year showing McDaniel telling the room, “if you're not fired up, you're dead” - mike mcdaniel pic.twitter.com/8oUsYZlJ5a
- Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) April 25, 2026
Wease is not expected to play a major role for Los Angeles this season unless injuries push him into action, but his addition still says plenty about how McDaniel is being used on the offensive side of things. The Chargers have already brought in multiple former Dolphins, and McDaniel’s influence appears to be stretching into personnel decisions as well.
For Dolphins fans, the reunion is also a reminder of what McDaniel did and didn’t bring to the job in Miami. He could build an offense that looked dangerous, but he fell short in the other parts of being a head coach, especially as a leader and game-manager. That’s why he was eventually let go.
Wease is the latest former Dolphin to land in Los Angeles, and if McDaniel remains in place, he may not be the last.
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