Tony Pauline<\/a> had the following to say about the matter in a report from the Shrine Bowl:<\/p>\nAfter seemingly turning his career around, word at the Shrine Bowl is that Mekhi Becton has reverted to his former ways, and the Los Angeles Chargers will opt out of the final year of his contract. [\u2026] A one-year stint with the Eagles saw him get his game and life back on track, culminating in a Super Bowl ring and a new two-year, $20 million contract with the Chargers last offseason. But he\u2019s been a disappointment despite starting 15 games. Becton\u2019s run and pass blocking were both a disaster, and he was ranked as one of the worst guards in the league. The Chargers can opt out of the second year of his deal, and people at the Shrine Bowl tell me that\u2019s exactly what will happen.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not hard to believe this report is true since the Bolts can cut Becton to clear $9.7 million in cap space while only taking on $2.5 million in dead money.<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s a common belief that the 2025 Eagles missed the 2024 version of Becton, especially when it came to Philly\u2019s ability to run the ball.<\/p>\n
While there\u2019s no doubt that Becton made some really nice plays as a run blocker during Philly\u2019s Super Bowl LIX-winning season, it\u2019s hardly like his replacement was a total liability. The perception is that Steen was worse as a run blocker but better in pass protection. But here\u2019s what the Pro Football Focus grading (grain of salt) looks like:<\/p>\n
2025 Tyler Steen: 16th overall out of 85 guards \u2026 15th in run blocking, 9th in pass blocking<\/p>\n
2024 Mekhi Becton: 20th overall out of 79 guards \u2026 22nd in run blocking, t-51st in pass blocking<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t get the sense that the Eagles are itching to replace Steen \u2014 who is now eligible for an extension as he enters the final year of his rookie contract \u2014 with Becton. Especially after Becton had a down 2025 where he got benched at one point and ranked 83rd out of 85 guards graded by PFF (84th in run blocking and 75th in pass blocking).<\/p>\n
The Eagles could reasonably have interest in Becton as a depth piece, assuming he\u2019s willing to take on that role like he originally was in 2024. With Brett Toth and Matt Pryor set to be free agents, the Eagles do not have a clear backup guard on the roster. Fred Johnson will also be a free agent and he\u2019s talked about viewing himself as a starter. Becton coming back as a guard\/tackle option could be good if he\u2019s truly motivated to bounce back after a bad season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the Philadelphia Eagles want to bring Mekhi Becton back to Jeff Stoutland University this offseason, it sounds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2064],"tags":[29384,241,7,5419,1014,262,2444,2443,24892,4388,6,109,6897,425,14452],"class_list":{"0":"post-703003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-brett-toth","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-fred-johnson","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-losangeleschargers","16":"tag-matt-pryor","17":"tag-mekhi-becton","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","20":"tag-shrine-bowl","21":"tag-the-eagles","22":"tag-tyler-steen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115953579075701819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703003","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=703003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}