{"id":97493,"date":"2025-07-27T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T19:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/97493\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T19:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T19:39:09","slug":"rashawn-slater-agrees-to-four-year-deal-with-the-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/97493\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashawn Slater agrees to four-year deal with the Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rashawn Slater<\/a>, a former first-round draft pick and one of the veteran leaders on the Chargers<\/a>\u2019 offensive line, is staying in L.A. for the long haul.<\/p>\n

Slater has agreed<\/a> to a four-year, $114-million contract extension, according to a person with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly.<\/p>\n

A two-time Pro Bowl selection and a second-team All-Pro in 2021, Slater will be paid $92 million guaranteed, ESPN<\/a> and NFL Media<\/a> reported, the most guaranteed money ever for an NFL offensive lineman. The guaranteed amount surpasses the $88.24 million Tristan Wirfs received from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a five-year, $140.6-million deal<\/a> he signed last summer.<\/p>\n

Working as Justin Herbert<\/a>\u2018s blindside protector, Slater started every game last season and played a valuable role in helping the Chargers set a franchise record for the fewest offensive turnovers (eight) in a season. He finished last season with the second-best overall grade and the third-best pass-blocking grade at offensive tackle, per Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n

Slater\u2019s tireless efforts certainly won over Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh<\/a>, who has Slater in his \u201cElite Nine\u201d club that includes stars Khalil Mack, Derwin James Jr. and Herbert, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking on behalf of everyone in the organization, fully support Rashawn and what he\u2019s trying to accomplish for himself and his family,\u201d said Harbaugh last month about Slater\u2019s push for a contract extension. \u201cWe\u2019re all in support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slater, who was entering the final season of his rookie deal after the Chargers picked up his rookie option in May 2024, is expected to provide a solid pass and run blocking force for a line that was hampered by injuries and struggled, at times, to create opportunities for the running game last year.<\/p>\n

Re-signing Slater is the latest in several moves the Chargers have made to address needs on the offensive line. The Chargers signed former Eagles guard Mekhi Becton<\/a> in the offseason and they\u2019ve been experimenting in camp with Zion Johnson at center and Bradley Bozeman, last season\u2019s starting center, at left guard.<\/p>\n

Whether they\u2019ll line up there for the team\u2019s season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 5 remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

As for Slater, he has been dealing with what Harbaugh described as a minor injury and has yet to practice since the start of training camp on July 17, working with team trainers on the side.<\/p>\n

Times staff writers Sam Farmer and Thuc Nhi Nguyen contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rashawn Slater, a former first-round draft pick and one of the veteran leaders on the Chargers\u2019 offensive line,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":97494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,7151,63947,42421,63949,63944,63946,28739,6276,2961,63945,224,2444,5337,63948,24659,58154,23427,645],"class_list":{"0":"post-97493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-chargers","11":"tag-chargers-offensive-line","12":"tag-contract-extension","13":"tag-former-first-round-draft-pick","14":"tag-four-year-deal","15":"tag-highest-paid-offensive-lineman","16":"tag-knowledge","17":"tag-l-a","18":"tag-la","19":"tag-long-haul","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-los-angeles-times","22":"tag-losangeles","23":"tag-nfl-history","24":"tag-person","25":"tag-rashawn-slater","26":"tag-situation","27":"tag-story"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114926896328345040","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}