{"id":719894,"date":"2026-01-31T20:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/719894\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T20:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T20:46:20","slug":"chargers-projected-to-cut-free-agent-bust-after-one-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/719894\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers Projected to Cut Free Agent Bust After One Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Chargers spent big to sign Mekhi Becton last year, but the team could cut him after just one underwhelming season. A former first-round pick, Becton entered the league as a tackle but found success at guard with the Philadelphia Eagles. Starting and appearing in 15 games, the Louisville product finished the season with a 70.8 PFF grade while helping the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/05\/07\/report-eagles-super-bowl-champion-dallas-goedert-accepts-pay-cut-could-still-trade-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eagles win the Super Bowl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Becton cashed in on this success, landing a two-year, $20 million contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. Unfortunately, he couldn\u2019t maintain his high play, as he was an outright disaster during his first season on the West Coast. Finishing the season with an atrocious 36.6 PFF grade, Becton played a crucial role on the league\u2019s worst offensive line, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25366249-every-teams-most-likely-cap-casualties-ahead-2026-nfl-offseason\" target=\"_blank\">Bleacher Report\u2019s\u00a0Kristopher Knox<\/a> believes the team should admit their mistake and release the veteran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bolts signed [Becton] to a two-year, $20 million contract after turning his career around with the Philadelphia Eagles,\u201d Knox writes. \u201c[His PFF grade] included a dead-last grade in the run game. That\u2019s the antithesis to the kind of guard that Jim Harbaugh wants in his offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breaking: Chargers Likely to Cut Mekhi Becton After One Season<\/p>\n<p>Quite frankly, it would be astonishing if the Chargers didn\u2019t release Mekhi Becton. Los Angeles had the NFL\u2019s worst offensive line last year, and replacing Becton should be one of their top priorities. While the tackle situation will improve with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/11\/02\/joe-alt-injury-update-chargers-star-tackle-carted-off-after-leg-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater returning<\/a> to the field, there\u2019s no excuse for the poor guard play. It\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess who will play guard next season, but it\u2019ll be hard for them to be worse than Becton.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers need upgrades at both guard positions and center. Fortunately, they have over $88.5 million in projected cap space next year, and that will only go up after they release Becton. They should be able to spend big and land multiple offensive linemen in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea \u2013 Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Chargers spent big to sign Mekhi Becton last year, but the team could cut him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,5403,7,5661,1014,262,2444,2443,6,1526],"class_list":{"0":"post-719894","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-chargers-featured","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-joe-alt","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-losangeleschargers","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-rashawn-slater"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115991673940215048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719894","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=719894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}