{"id":856118,"date":"2026-04-06T01:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856118\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T01:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T01:26:38","slug":"chargers-announce-key-offseason-dates-for-otas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856118\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers Announce Key Offseason Dates for OTAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/chargers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Chargers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Chargers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> will get back to work starting this month for segments of their offseason program.<\/p>\n<p>That starts on April 20 before the three-part program plan unravels into June.<\/p>\n<p>At these stops, Chargers fans will get their first glimpses of the big new features around the program, headed up by the big coordinator changes under Jim Harbaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On the defensive side of the ball, Chris O&#8217;Leary is back from the college ranks to take over the coordinator role from Jesse Minter, now head coach in Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, on the offensive side, the much-hyped arrival of Mike McDaniel starts to show up on the actual field itself as players report for work.<\/p>\n<p>Chargers Offseason Program Dates<\/p>\n<p>Voluntary Organized Team Activity: May 26-27, May 29<\/p>\n<p>OTA Offseason Workouts: June 2-4 and June 8-11<\/p>\n<p>Mandatory Minicamp: June 16-18<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers will announce summer training camp dates and information at a later date.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"912\" height=\"513\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/255e5d6627521dca56e7bca67738c3c2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mike McDaniel | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Top OTA storyline: The offensive line<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers are completely overhauling the scheme along the offensive line, not just bringing in new players. Those guys getting snaps together in the system, even when contact isn&#8217;t allowed, is a must.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>To that end, it will be interesting to see if elite offensive tackles Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater will be healthy enough to take part in the light work.<\/p>\n<p>New center Tyler Biadasz could be in town after receiving droves of hype from Harbaugh himself recently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The experience, huge. And the level of play, elite,&#8221; Harbaugh said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/jim-harbaugh-mike-mcdaniel-nfl-owners-meetings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eric Smith;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Eric Smith&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Eric Smith<\/a> of Chargers.com. &#8220;Pro Bowl caliber. He&#8217;s another one where, all the meetings, he&#8217;s going to be like a coach on the field. With what he knows about football and the way he can articulate, that experience is right on the money. He plays and thinks like a coach. And he plays like a really good player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers also added Cole Strange at guard and brought back reserves Trevor Penning and Trey Pipkins, plus signed Kayode Awosika.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>If all goes according to plan, a rookie or two will join the fray alongside the other guys as the quest to get on the same page starts during these activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/chargers\/newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign Up For the Chargers Daily Digest - OnSI&#039;s Free Los Angeles Chargers Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sign Up For the Chargers Daily Digest - OnSI&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sign Up For the Chargers Daily Digest &#8211; OnSI&#8217;s Free Los Angeles Chargers Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on www.si.com\/nfl\/chargers\/onsi as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/chargers\/onsi\/chargers-announce-key-offseason-dates-otas?utm_source=RSS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chargers Announce Key Offseason Dates for OTAs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chargers Announce Key Offseason Dates for OTAs&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Chargers Announce Key Offseason Dates for OTAs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Chargers will get back to work starting this month for segments of their offseason program.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[184,241,6302,7,10097,1012,5661,6290,116864,1014,262,2444,2443,4836,6,6001,1526,8581,8401,11221],"class_list":{"0":"post-856118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-cole-strange","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jesse-minter","13":"tag-jim-harbaugh","14":"tag-joe-alt","15":"tag-kayode-awosika","16":"tag-kirby-lee-imagn","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-losangeleschargers","21":"tag-mike-mcdaniel","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-offseason-program","24":"tag-rashawn-slater","25":"tag-trevor-penning","26":"tag-trey-pipkins","27":"tag-tyler-biadasz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116355163798199847","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856118","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=856118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}