{"id":748534,"date":"2026-02-13T05:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748534\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:24:14","slug":"what-position-will-chargers-spend-on-in-fa-nfl-analyst-sounds-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748534\/","title":{"rendered":"What position will Chargers spend on in FA? NFL analyst sounds off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFL analyst Colin Cowherd believes the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chargers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chargers<\/a> will spend big money in free agency to improve their offensive line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the Chargers are going to feel like a Super Bowl team in September. Upgraded OC, both their tackles back, tons of cap space, and I think they&#8217;re going to spend it on offense to protect Justin Herbert as they should,&#8221; Cowherd said. &#8220;The defense may not be as good without Jesse Minter, it&#8217;ll be fine. But I think they&#8217;re going to look like a different team offensively next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers&#8217; biggest weakness last season was the offensive line, as quarterback Justin Herbert was under pressure more than 43% of the time. In particular, the interior should undergo some remodeling. Zion Johnson is a pending free agent, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/5-veterans-chargers-could-consider-170936808.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bradley Bozeman and Zion Johnson are potential cut candidates;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Bozeman and Zion Johnson are potential cut candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Have the Chargers Been Linked to Any Offensive Lineman in Free Agency?<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers are looking to improve on the interior and the team has been <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/chargers-offseason-move-ahead-2026-201334707.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:linked to unrestricted free agent center Tyler Linderbaum;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">linked to unrestricted free agent center Tyler Linderbaum<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/chargers-dubbed-best-landing-spot-011543724.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:guard David Edwards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guard David Edwards<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n<p>With Mike McDaniel running the offense, Linderbaum would make a good anchor to the line in 2026. Linderbaum has earned above a 78.0 PFF run-blocking grade in each season, emerging as one of the NFL\u2019s premier run blockers. Edwards, on the other hand, proved to be one of the better pass-protecting guards this past season.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Chargers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/chargerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chargers\/2026\/02\/12\/chargers-free-agency-offensive-line-colin-cowherd\/88653211007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:What position will Chargers spend on in FA? NFL analyst sounds off;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">What position will Chargers spend on in FA? NFL analyst sounds off<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL analyst Colin Cowherd believes the Chargers will spend big money in free agency to improve their offensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10731,241,6405,28380,7,10097,1159,6,1482,5340,7427,8402],"class_list":{"0":"post-748534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-bradley-bozeman","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-colin-cowherd","11":"tag-david-edwards","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jesse-minter","14":"tag-justin-herbert","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-offensive-line","17":"tag-the-chargers","18":"tag-tyler-linderbaum","19":"tag-zion-johnson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116061658577830520","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748534","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=748534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}