Chargers Named ‘Finest Crew Match’ For Free Agent WR

The Los Angeles Chargers have a promising wideout in Ladd McConkey.

Nonetheless, with Mike Williams retiring, there’s a giant opening on Jim Harbaugh’s crew.

With that in thoughts, Kevin Patra of NFL.com believes it’s time they make a run at Amari Cooper.

In his newest column, he selected the Chargers as one of the best match for the previous Las Vegas Raiders draft decide:

“The Chargers misplaced a receiver who may have supplied these expertise when Mike Williams determined to retire, abruptly ending his franchise homecoming. The L.A. brass has displayed confidence within the kids, however there was a purpose Williams was signed to return this offseason within the first place. Cooper may function a veteran chief to the inexperienced corps. And he wouldn’t be requested to be the go-to weapon, a job Ladd McConkey ran away with final yr, as an alternative buffering Quentin Johnston and offering a backstop if rookies Tre Harris or KeAndre Lambert-Smith stumble. Moreover, Cooper seems to be the kind of grinder and chief Jim Harbaugh loves,” Patra wrote.

Cooper wasn’t an element final season, and the truth that he’s nonetheless a free agent at this level within the offseason is telling.

Simply a few years in the past, he was nonetheless one of the underrated pass-catchers within the sport.

The Chargers will proceed to deploy a run-heavy offense for so long as Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg…