{"id":824438,"date":"2026-03-21T03:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824438\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:46:32","slug":"khalil-mack-re-signing-gives-chargers-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824438\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalil Mack re-signing gives Chargers hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boltsfromtheblue.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> are changing all over the place this offseason, but one thing that should stay the same is Khalil Mack\u2019s spot on the defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mack, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, is returning for his 13th season in the league and fifth with the Chargers. ESPN insider Kris Rhim believes Mack re-signing means he feels confident in the Chargers\u2019 abilities to contend this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cMack, 35, was still one of the best players on the Chargers\u2019 defense in 2025 and perhaps the team\u2019s most respected player. Re-signing him was a priority for Los Angeles, and his return shows that Mack believes the Chargers can compete for a title in 2026,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48227150\/2026-nfl-free-agency-key-roster-additions-subtractions-goals-buzz-questions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rhim wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mack played in 12 games for the Chargers last season, recording five and a half sacks and 32 tackles for the team. While he missed some time, he still proved to be a strong player on the defense, emerging as the top pass rusher apart from Odafe Oweh, who was acquired in a midseason trade with the Baltimore Ravens for defensive back Alohi Gilman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Oweh signed with the Washington Commanders in free agency, which means Mack will need to step back into the top pass rusher role. If he can play like his peak self, the Chargers should be in great shape.<\/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 Mack coming back to the Chargers? Chime off in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Chargers are changing all over the place this offseason, but one thing that should stay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,1014,262,2453,2444,2443,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-824438","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\/116265117329150737","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824438","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=824438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}