LA Chargers place franchise tag on LB Melvin Ingram (The Associated Press)

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The Los Angeles Chargers placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on outside linebacker Melvin Ingram on Monday night. Ingram is a pass-rushing dynamo with 18+ sacks over the past two seasons, and he also excels as an edge rusher for the Chargers. The South Carolina product has spent his entire career with the Chargers, who drafted him in the first round in 2012.

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