{"id":748605,"date":"2026-02-13T06:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748605\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T06:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:15:11","slug":"what-position-will-chargers-spend-on-in-fa-nfl-analyst-sounds-off-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748605\/","title":{"rendered":"What position will Chargers spend on in FA? NFL analyst sounds off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 12, 2026, 8:47 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">NFL analyst Colin Cowherd believes the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chargers<\/a> will spend big money in free agency to improve their offensive line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_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 class=\"gnt_ar_b_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=\"http:\/\/chargerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chargers\/2026\/02\/11\/chargers-free-agency-cut-candidates-mekhi-becton-bradley-bozeman\/88624461007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Bozeman and Zion Johnson are potential cut candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have the Chargers Been Linked to Any Offensive Lineman in Free Agency?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chargers are looking to improve on the interior and the team has been <a href=\"http:\/\/chargerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chargers\/2026\/02\/12\/chargers-tyler-linderbaum-free-agency\/88635324007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">linked to unrestricted free agent center Tyler Linderbaum<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/chargerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chargers\/2026\/02\/12\/chargers-bills-free-agent-david-edwards\/88652669007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guard David Edwards<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 12, 2026, 8:47 p.m. PT NFL analyst Colin Cowherd believes the Chargers will spend big money in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,97083,97084,95882,103342,96161,97085,95896,95888,95895,95899,95883,102303,97689,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-748605","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflchargers","12":"tag-sstsnchargers","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagbradley-bozeman","15":"tag-tagjustin-herbert","16":"tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnfl","19":"tag-tagnfl-hub","20":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","21":"tag-tagsports-news","22":"tag-tagtyler-linderbaum","23":"tag-tagzion-johnson","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116061860585726305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748605","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=748605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}