{"id":719740,"date":"2026-01-31T19:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/719740\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:18:17","slug":"chargers-have-difficult-odafe-oweh-decision-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/719740\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers have difficult Odafe Oweh decision coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Oweh was acquired in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens in the middle of the season and the team could look to keep him on board for 2026 and beyond. However, he is hitting free agency this offseason and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47734878\/2026-nfl-free-agency-32-free-agents-decisions-every-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could have other teams interested in his services.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Chargers traded for Oweh, a first-round pick in 2021 who had struggled for four seasons in Baltimore, and turned him into one of the league\u2019s most productive edge rushers. Oweh had 7.5 sacks in 12 games with the Chargers after having zero before they traded for him,\u201d ESPN insider Kris Rhim wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cHis best game came in the postseason, when he had three sacks and two forced fumbles in the Chargers\u2019 16-3 playoff loss to the Patriots, setting the single-game postseason franchise record for sacks. At 27, Oweh will be one of the most promising edge rushers available, and the Chargers will likely have to spend to keep him in L.A. For what it\u2019s worth, Oweh said after the season that he wants to remain in L.A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Chargers also have Khalil Mack hitting free agency, so they need to retain at least one of the two to have a top-tier pass rusher on the roster. It won\u2019t be easy keeping either of them, but that has to be one of the top priorities for the Chargers during the offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">BFTB community, what do you think of the possibility of keeping Oweh for 2026? Should the Chargers keep him or let him walk? Chime off in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oweh was acquired in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens in the middle of the season and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,1014,262,2453,2444,2443,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-719740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers-news","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719740","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=719740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}