Chargers News: Expert Anticipates This Division Rival's FA Signing to be Among Worst
Despite the Chargers finishing second in the AFC West and a total of four wins behind the Kansas City Chiefs, many experts viewed LA as a dark house team in the playoffs due to their offensive tools and versatility. Unfortunately, we all know how that played out as they failed to take care of business and had to stay home and watch the Chiefs take home their second championship in four seasons.
But if you take a look back to the regular season, the Bolts fared very well whenever they faced Patrick and Mahomes and company. Even though they lost both matchups, the games came down to the wire and were decided by three points.
However, Kansas City did get an upper hand on the Chargers by stealing Drue Tranquill from them but they made another questionable move that Bleacher Report's Alex Ballentine believes to be one of the worst signings of free agency yet. He is referring to the deal agreed to with Jawaan Taylor that will pay him $80 million over the next four seasons.
"The Kansas City Chiefs are making a sizable bet that Jawaan Taylor can transition to left tackle seamlessly.It isn't uncommon for teams to bet on a player's trajectory. That's essentially what the draft is, but it isn't often that a team bets $80 million over four years. He still gave up six sacks and committed 11 holding penalties in 2021.Now the Chiefs are making him the fifth-highest-paid tackle in the league, by average annual value."
"The long-lasting impact at a key position puts it above the decisions before it. Taylor's youth and the potential for the move to ultimately work out keep it below the ones that come after it."
(Via Bleacher Report
If Taylor is not able to transition to left tackle as smoothly as Kansas City hopes, it will certainly be within the Chargers game plan to exploit that.
