sports news Chargers Report: THE FUTURE IS NOW

By Art Gartcia (Jr.)

After another devastating loss to end their season, the Chargers front office have some major decisions this offseason if they hope to compete for a playoff berth next season in a very tough AFC Conference.

Having already fired three coaches, the Chargers find themselves squarely behind the eight ball with a projected $-19,931,524 per Pro Football Focus (PFF).

Aside from 15 unrestricted free agents, general manager Tom Telsco must also deal with a potenial dilemma with veteran receiver Keenan Allen, who has two years left on a four-year, $80,000,000 contract extension he signed in 2020.

A third-round pick out of Cal in 2013, Allen has been underrated throughout his career despite making five consecutive Pro Bowls from 2017-21. Allen missed seven games to injury this season (36 games overall) and is due $15,500,000 in base salary as well as a $3,500,000 roster bonus, bringing his cap number to $21,700,000 (Tim Crean/Sportscasting).

With a dead cap hit of $6,900,000, Crean writes the Chargers could save over $14 million if they opt to cut or restructure Allen’s contract.

In his end-of-season press conference, Telesco indicated he would like to keep Allen in the fold saying, “Good players make money, and I would rather have a lot of good players on our roster than a lot of cap space.” restructure Allen’s contract rather than letting him go. It’s clear Allen has become Herbert’s go-to receiver in third down situations, and with Herbert having to learn his third offensive system in four years under a new coordinator who has yet to be hired, you don’t want to mess with the trust he has in Allen.

Although he’s in the red regarding cap space, Telesco has options he can use to free up some money needed to cover the cost of draft picks, free agents and contract extensions — namely quarterback Justin Herbert.

Per OTC, here’s a look at the highest-paid players who could possibly restructure their contracts to free up cap space. 1. Joey Bosa ($24,000,000), 2.

Remember the great connection quarterback Dan Fouts had with receiver Charlie Joiner in the high-powered Air-Coryell offense? Herbert and Allen have a similar connection. Allen, who will be 31 in April, has led the team in receiving yards in five of his 10 seasons.

The Endzone: With head coach Brandon Staley safe for at least another season, all eyes will now focus on Telesco, who begins his 11th year on the job.

Under his direction, the Chargers own a 79-83 regular season record and are

81-86 overall, with three playoff appearances — including wins in 2013 and 2018 — and no division titles. Like the Rams in 2021, Telesco was aggressive last offseason and went all-in by signing Mack, Jackson and others to big-dollar contracts hoping to get to the Super Bowl or at least do some damage by going deep in the playoffs. However, losing 31-30 in the first round after having a 27-0 lead was devastating to a team that many pundits felt had a good shot to challenge the Chiefs for the division title. There is no doubt Herbert will sign a contract extention, the big question is can Telesco and Co. manipulate the cap enough to surround their franchise quarterback with enough talent to win the Super Bowl?

Signing Herbert to a long-term deal is priority No. 1 so it would be wise to

Hey Bubba

One weekend, a husband is in the bathroom shaving when the local kid Bubba he hired to mow his lawn, comes in to pee. The husband slyly looks over and is shocked at how immensely endowed Bubba is. He can’t help himself, and asks Bubba what his secret is. “Well,” says Bubba, “Every night before I climb into bed with my girlfriend I whack my thing on the bedpost three times. It works, and it sure impresses her ! The husband was excited at this easy suggestion and decided to try it that very night. So before climbing into bed with his wife, he took out his thing and whacked it three times on the bedpost. His wife, half-asleep, said, “Bubba? is that

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Lady with big

A Man Saw A Lady With Big Breasts. He Asked, “Excuse Me, Can I Bite Your Breasts For $1000?” She Agrees, So They Go To A Secluded Corner. She Opens Her Blouse And The Man Puts His Face In Her Breasts For 10 Minutes.”

Eventually The Lady Asks, “Aren’t You Gonna Bite Them?” He Replies, “No, It’s Too Expensive.”

Neighbors Wife

Wife: “Our New Neighbor Alwaysmakes love to His Wife When He Leaves For Work. Why Don’t You Do That?”

Husband: “How Can I? I Don’t Even Know Her.”

A Husband Says

A husband says to his wife, I bet you can’t tell me something that will make me happy and sad both at the same time.

“She thinks about it for a moment and then responds, “Your thing is bigger than your brother’s.”

Book Has Helped

Teacher: “Which Book Has Helped You The Most In Your Life?”

Wife: “My Husband’s Check Book!”

Gardening

Wife: Can U Help Me In The Gardening ?

Husband: What Do U Think I Am…A Gardener ?

Wife: Can U Fix The Door Handle ?

Husband: What Do You Think I Am… A Carpenter ?

In The Evening, When Husband Came From Work, He Saw Everything Has Been Fixed.

Husband: Who Did All This ?

Wife: Our Neighbour. But He Gave Me 2 Options….. Either I Should Give Him A Burger Or make love with him

Husband: I Am Sure U Must Have Given Him A Burger.

Wife: Who Do U Think I Am……. Mcdonalds ?!!

Our Government

A teacher was teaching her second grade class about the government, so for homework that one day, she told her her students to ask their parents what the government is.

When Little Johnny got home that day, he went up to his dad and ask his what the government was.

His dad thought for a while and answered, “Look at it this way: I’m the president, your mom is Congress, your maid is the work force, you are the people and your baby brother is the future.”

“I still don’t get it” responded the Little Johnny.

“Why don’t you sleep on it then? Maybe you’ll understand it better,” said the dad.

“Okay then...good night” said Little Jonny went off to bed.

In the middle of the night, Little Johnny was awakened by his baby brother’s crying.

He went to his baby brother’s crib and found that his baby brother had taken a crap in his diaper.

So Little Johnny went to his parent’s room to get help. When he got to his parent’s bedroom, he looked through the keyhole to check if his parents were asleep. Through the keyhole he saw his mom loudly snoring, but his dad wasn’t there.

So he went to the maid’s room. When he looked through the maid’s room keyhole, he saw his dad in bed with the maid.

Little Johnny was surprised, but then he just realized something and thinks aloud,

“OH!! Now I understand the government! The President is screwing the work force, Congress is fast asleep, nobody cares about the people, and the future is full of shit!”