The Los Angeles Chargers are figuring out exactly what to do with their team as free agency is approaching in the next couple of weeks.
The team has more cap room than most in the league, and that will allow them to be the favorite to sign many free agents that the team needs on both sides of the ball. Pro Football Focus writer Bradley Locker believes the team’s usage of the cap space will determine how successful the 2026 season is for them.
“Even though the Chargers fell flat in the wild-card round for a second straight year, the team can feel pretty positive going into 2026. Perhaps no news is better than Los Angeles wielding a boatload of cap space,” Locker wrote.
“Indeed, the Chargers’ $83.5 million is the third-most in pro football, trailing only the Titans and Raiders. The first order of business figures to be shoring up the league’s worst interior offensive line by overall PFF grade, with Linderbaum, Isaac Seumalo and Alijah Vera-Tucker among targets. Los Angeles could also use more at tight end, receiver and potentially edge rusher — where Odafe Oweh and Khalil Mack are free agents.“
Regardless of whether or not the Chargers decide to use this majority of this cap space to re-sign their own players or bring in outside talent, the team has to make sure it is using the money wisely. The Chargers would probably be wise to do a little bit of both: bring back some of the team’s top free agents, while upgrading at positions of need like the offensive line.
If the Chargers can excel in free agency this offseason, it could lead to advancing in the playoffs, which they have struggled with over the last two years.
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