{"id":757680,"date":"2026-02-17T06:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757680\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T06:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:50:20","slug":"ravens-projected-to-sign-chargers-hall-of-fame-pass-rusher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/757680\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Projected to Sign Chargers Hall of Fame Pass Rusher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Chargers edge defender Khalil Mack is one of the greatest players of his generation, and while he\u2019s not the unstoppable force he used to be, the impending free agent should receive plenty of interest on the open market. While injuries limited him to 12 games, the future Hall of Famer still recorded 5.5 sacks, 32 tackles, six tackles-for-loss, 11 quarterback hits, and a 79.2 PFF grade, the 16th-best mark in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Khalil Mack won\u2019t break the bank as he enters his age-35 season, but the free agent would be a great signing for a contending team looking to add an experienced veteran to an already-talented roster. In a recent article, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/news\/nfl-2026-nfl-free-agency-signings-make-sense\" target=\"_blank\">Dalton Wasserman of Pro Football Focus<\/a> made his case for the Ravens pursuing the nine-time Pro Bowler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaltimore is in desperate need of pass-rush help after ranking 29th this past season in PFF pass-rush grade, pressure rate, and pass-rush win rate,\u201d Wasserman writes. \u201cThe Ravens aren\u2019t blessed with a ton of salary cap space, and they do have several other roster areas to address, so they\u2019ll need to find value on the free agent market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PFF: Ravens Should Sign Free Agent Khalil Mack<\/p>\n<p>The logic behind signing Khalil Mack as a free agent is sound. After all, the Ravens are in Super Bowl or bust mode, and they\u2019ll need to improve their pass rush to finally make it to the game\u2019s biggest stage. While this team will likely look for a younger option in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL Draft<\/a>, Mack would be a great short-term solution for this squad.<\/p>\n<p>It also doesn\u2019t hurt that former Los Angeles Chargers <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/02\/13\/grading-the-baltimore-ravens-new-coordinators-of-the-minter-era\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defensive coordinator Jesse Minter<\/a> is now calling the shots in Baltimore. The duo spent the previous two seasons together, so Mack should be familiar with his defensive scheme and his overall coaching style. All in all, this could be a perfect signing for a team trying to finally get over the hump.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Eric Canha \u2013 Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Chargers edge defender Khalil Mack is one of the greatest players of his generation, and while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,5403,7,10097,3278,1014,262,2444,2443,6,10420],"class_list":{"0":"post-757680","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-jesse-minter","12":"tag-khalil-mack","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangeleschargers","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-ravens-featured"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116084645995908073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757680","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=757680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}