{"id":127358,"date":"2025-06-13T19:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T19:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/127358\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T19:15:09","slug":"chargers-could-cut-top-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/127358\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers Could Cut Top Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"

After finally salvaging their wide receiver unit, there\u2019s still a chance that the Los Angeles Chargers could cut top weapon Mike Williams before the 2025 campaign. Bleacher Report\u2019s Alex Kay believes<\/a> Williams may be on the chopping block despite signing him back this offseason. Originally selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, the former Clemson product is coming off one of the worst campaigns in his career after logging just 12 receptions for 166 receiving yards with the New York Jets. After a trade to the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>, he finally saw some life as a main contributor to the offense, but he wasn\u2019t explosive like he once was during the golden times in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The Chargers signed him back this offseason to bring some relief to Justin Herbert\u2019s aerial attack, but it might be enough for him to secure a starting role for the wide receiver. The team is building their future around draft picks Ladd McConkey<\/a>, Tre Harris and Keandre Lambert-Smith, so he isn\u2019t the favorite to be a long-term weapon for Herbert anyway. While Williams is on a low-stakes, cheap contract, the wide receiver is trying to re-establish himself, and it doesn\u2019t help if Quentin Johnston<\/a> is looking to prove something in his self as well. There\u2019s not a lot of room for Williams to grow in a young offense entering age 30, so it shouldn\u2019t be surprising if the Chargers cut him if they can\u2019t find a trade partner, since he probably won\u2019t attract any suitors either way to get him.<\/p>\n

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\nReport: Chargers Could Cut Top Weapon Mike Williams \u2013 5 Possible Next Teams
\nPotential Destinations
\nKansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

The Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 wide receiver situation looks to be an interesting one as Xavier Worthy<\/a> and Rashee Rice are the future, but the backend of this depth chart doesn\u2019t look promising. Despite re-signing Marquise Brown, the Chiefs are lacking capable veteran insurance that can help quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Mike Williams won\u2019t beat out Worthy or Rice for the starting job, but continues upgrading this unit.<\/p>\n

Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Ravens are in the best position to possibly head to the Super Bowl finally, after failing to make it to the AFC Championship last year. They need one last push, and it wouldn\u2019t hurt to sign Williams if he becomes available in the market and pair with DeAndre Hopkins. No one is taking Zay Flowers<\/a>\u2018 or Rashod Bateman\u2019s shine on the field, but the older the roster is, the more experience that can help the Ravens in situational playoff moments.<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n

Despite trading for George Pickens this offseason<\/a>, the Dallas Cowboys could use another wide receiver. Jalen Tolbert is entering the final year of his contract, but they\u2019re lacking a true WR4. Mike Williams won\u2019t start over CeeDee Lamb<\/a>, Pickens or Tolbert, but his presence could open the deep attack for Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

However, the Saints will be without an adequate quarterback<\/a>, so that means they should get as many weapons to help support Tyler Shough or Spencer Rattler. With Rashid Shaheed entering his contract year, the Saints must get another wide receiver to help veteran Brandin Cooks in the slot. They did phenomenally well bringing out the best in a lengthy wideout like Marquez Valdes-Scantling, and they could probably do the same with Williams in the aerial attack alongside Chris Olave<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

Following Noah Brown\u2019s injury at practice<\/a>, it\u2019s still not urgent to add a replacement. Between Michael Gallup and Luke McCaffrey, the Commanders should be fine without the depth behind Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel as long as the team can speed up the process of extending McLaurin. However, they wouldn\u2019t lose much if they gave Williams one chance to see what he could do for this offense as another deep threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After finally salvaging their wide receiver unit, there\u2019s still a chance that the Los Angeles Chargers could cut…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[849,241,5403,5404,436,7,467,922,1014,262,2453,2444,2443,5859,401,6,9277,10420,6211,7186,10421,4648],"class_list":{"0":"post-127358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-baltimore-ravens-news","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-chargers-featured","11":"tag-chiefs-featured","12":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-george-pickens","15":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","18":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-losangeleschargers","21":"tag-mike-williams","22":"tag-new-orleans-saints-news","23":"tag-nfl","24":"tag-quentin-johnston","25":"tag-ravens-featured","26":"tag-saints-featured","27":"tag-terry-mclaurin","28":"tag-washington-commanders-news","29":"tag-zay-flowers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114677660392864542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}