Chargers OLB Joey Bosa Agrees To Restructure Contract To Stay In LA

He joins veteran OLB Khalil Mack who also faced a similar situation and reworked his deal. 

Both players were due over $20 million this season, money the Chargers couldn’t afford since they started this offseason so far over the cap. 

Cutting or trading Bosa would have created $14 million in cap space for the Chargers. 

Bosa, 28, is a former first-round pick of the Chargers back in 2016. He finished his four-year, $25.8 million rookie contract, and Los Angeles wound up exercising his fifth-year option.

Bosa was set to play out the 2020 season under the fifth-year option when he agreed to a five-year, $135 million extension with the Chargers.

He has two years remaining on that deal and was scheduled to make $22 million and $25.36 million. 

In 2023, Bosa appeared in nine games for the Chargers, recording 20 tackles, one forced fumble, and six and a half sacks.