Chargers GM reveals reason for low-spending free agency plan
The Chargers weren't big spenders and now we know why.
Chargers GM reveals reason for low-spending free agency plan originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Los Angeles Chargers have been an interesting watch this offseason, as the franchise has been content to sit on over $40 million in cap space.
Given the needs at edge, receiver, and offensive line, it is a little odd for the Chargers, who have glaring needs, not to use the cap space to bolster Justin Herbert's protection and weaponry. But there's a method to general manager Joe Hortiz's madness, it seems. And as it turns out, it's more of a philosophical thing.
"I just believe in building through the draft, and I believe in paying the players you know," Hortiz said via ESPN's Kris Rhim . Hortiz then added: "I just think you have to spread your money around a little bit. We could pay top dollar for five offensive linemen.
We could do that. And we wouldn't have money left over for much of anyone else outside the quarterback. So you have to be selective in free agency.