{"id":782961,"date":"2026-02-28T20:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/782961\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T20:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:55:34","slug":"chargers-may-have-made-mistake-with-trevor-penning-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/782961\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers may have made mistake with Trevor Penning trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s been nearly four months since the Los Angeles Chargers acquired offensive lineman Trevor Penning in a trade with the New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Chargers only had to give up a sixth-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft for Penning, but there\u2019s reason to believe Los Angeles fumbled on the trade. Bleacher Report writer Alex Kay believes the Chargers should be given a \u201cD-\u201d as a grade for the trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cPenning only started four games for the Chargers and continued the struggles that began in the Big Easy. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/players\/trevor-penning\/59963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pro Football Focus<\/a>, he finished the season with eight penalties and five sacks allowed across 551 offensive snaps, ranking as one of the worst guards in football,\u201c Kay wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cConsidering offensive-line woes were the Chargers\u2019 ultimate downfall in 2025\u2014the team limped into the playoffs before being decimated by the New England Patriots\u2014the organization should have looked elsewhere for assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Penning is a free agent, and there\u2019s a chance that he may not return to the Chargers. It isn\u2019t a huge loss for Los Angeles because the team only had to give up a sixth-round pick in next year\u2019s draft, but it\u2019s clear now that the Chargers could have benefited from a different kind of upgrade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Chargers should be credited for taking a swing at a position they needed help with, but it\u2019s clear that Penning may not have been the best option for the team.<\/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 Penning trade after the fact? Chime off in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been nearly four months since the Los Angeles Chargers acquired offensive lineman Trevor Penning in a trade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782962,"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-782961","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":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116150254350543197","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782961","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=782961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}