Rashawn Slater

ESPN’s Field Yates reports the Chargers exercised the fifth-year option for OT Rashawn Slater.

Determined to win in the trenches, Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh has now shored up the team’s offense line with first-round selection Joe Alt and securing Slater, 25, for at least the next two seasons. Alt and Slater should provide solid protection for Justin Herbert in what will be a decidedly conservative, run-heavy LA offense. Pro Football Focus graded Slater as last season’s fourth best pass-blocking offensive lineman. The Chargers allowed the tenth lowest pressure rate in 2023.