Tony Jefferson gave Daiyan Henley’s return to the Los Angeles Chargers the action-movie treatment. After the linebacker’s trade to the Denver Broncos collapsed, the Chargers safety posted a GIF of Chris Hemsworth grabbing someone in Netflix’s Extraction. Jefferson cast himself as the guy who went in to bring his teammate home. In Jefferson’s telling, the late-night reversal played out like a rescue scene.
“Had to go get lil bro back to the bolt,” Jefferson wrote on X.
The post marked a sharp turn from Jefferson’s first reaction. When news of the deal broke, the safety shared a sad response to the prospect of losing Henley, Yahoo reports. By the end of the night, he had a reason to change his tone. The trade unraveled at about 10:15 p.m. Mountain time, and the Chargers promptly greeted the linebacker on X with a “Welcome back, Daiyan” post.
Had to go get lil bro back to the bolt . pic.twitter.com/xjbeEeSpAP
— Tony Jefferson (@Tljefferson23) November 12, 2026
Tony Jefferson and Daiyan Henley will still see the Broncos in Week 18
The same late update that gave Jefferson a reason to celebrate disappointed Broncos fans who had expected Henley to join their team. Denver can still expect to see the linebacker in Week 18, when the Chargers travel to face the Broncos. Jefferson and Henley are set to be on the same side for that matchup.
For Los Angeles, keeping Henley means the linebacker remains with a team that entered Week 10 as the NFL’s lone winless club. The Chargers’ welcome-back post kept the focus on Henley. Jefferson made it personal. His first post showed how he felt about seeing Henley go, and the second gave him a chance to joke about getting him back. All it took was one line and a clip from a Chris Hemsworth movie.