The Los Angeles Chargers are going to get bizarre on the offensive line in entrance of Justin Herbert.
However how bizarre stays up for debate.
With Joe Alt nursing a sprained ankle, Rashawn Slater misplaced for the season and guard Mekhi Becton simply getting back from concussion protocol, Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman have some powerful choices to make.
Talking with reporters earlier than the Week 5 recreation in opposition to the Washington Commanders, Harbaugh threw out a surprise: The staff has “considered” transferring Becton out to offensive sort out.
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That’s a fairly surprising flip of occasions, and never simply because Becton is simply simply getting back from an damage. Becton was the eleventh choose in 2020 and extensively thought of a bust till he joined the Philadelphia Eagles final yr and flourished as a guard.
In reality, there was all the time a danger that Becton was a one-hit marvel at guard when the Chargers paid up massive for him on a two-year deal price $20 million in free company this previous offseason. Kicking him again to sort out could be a fair larger danger.
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On paper, the Chargers had been going to go together with certainly one of Jamaree Salyer or Austin Deculus at left sort out whereas Alt misses time. Deculus, although, solely simply joined the staff roughly a month in the past through commerce.
Shifting to Becton at sort out could be a shock and speaks to how dire the state of affairs is within the trenches for the Chargers, to say the least.
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