The interior offensive line was a vulnerability of the Los Angeles Chargers in the past NFL season. No wonder that you were looking for reinforcements here. This is now in the form of a freshly baked Super Bowl champion.
The Chargers were able to agree on a two -year contract with offensive Guard Mekhi Becton. So far, nothing is known about the details of the working paper.
“ESPN” describes the newcomer of the Chargers as “perhaps the most important newcomer” of the offseason. Background: Head Coach Jim Harbaugh actually wanted to implement the Run Game as an important support of the offensive at the Chargers, had the worst interior offensive line in terms of run blocking with Center Bradley Bozeman (165th place), Left Guard Zion Johnson (165.) and Right Guard Trey Pipkins (188.).
In the comparison of the Guards, Johnson and Pipkins took place 43 and 50, while newcomer Mekhi Becton landed in the top 25. He blocked for Saquon Barkley in the previous season. And as it worked, all NFL fans should have noticed.
NFL: Becton uses his chance
Becton was originally selected by the New York Jets in the 2020 NFL Draft. At that time, Becton still played as an offensive tackle. The jets used the eleventh pick in the draft in question, but ultimately had to admit a bad investment. The first two years only played Becton at a decent level, with Sam Darnold, Joe Flacco, Zach Wilson and Mike White certainly had no elite qbs behind.
In the seasons 2022 and 2023, Becton then thwarted serious injuries, he was only on the pitch in these two seasons in these two seasons. Consequently, the New York Jets had no use for their former first round pick.
In the previous year, Becton joined the Philadelphia Eagles, who secured Becton at a bargain price of $ 2.75 million for one season. Because both Tackle positions were occupied, the Eagles Becton also pushed the Guard position. He took his chance and played the best season of his career. This was crowned by winning the Super Bowl in February.