The Los Angeles Chargers are getting aggressive this offseason, to say the least.
After waxing poetic about the failure to help Justin Herbert, Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz and head coach Jim Harbaugh have made their first big splash signing in free agency.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Chargers signed former Washington Commanders center Tyler Biadasz to a three-year deal worth $30 million.
NFL free agency technically doesn’t start until next week, so the move speaks to just how aggressive the Chargers will be in the coming days and weeks.
Chargers signing Tyler Biadasz impact on cap space, free agency
Washington Commanders center Tyler Biadasz (63) prior to the game.
Tyler Biadasz | Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images
The Chargers approached free agency with roughly $99 million in cap space.
We’ll see what the initial cap hit on Biadasz’s contract looks like, but it shouldn't prohibit them from doing pretty much anything else on the open market.
Good news, too, because they need to replace last year’s starting guards, Mekhi Becton and Zion Johnson.
Biadasz, of course, was a veteran released by the Commanders recently, so he was free to sign with any team right away. As a bonus for Hortiz and Co., as such, he won’t even count in the compensatory pick formula.
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