The Chargers’ wide receiver room is at an inflection point in the 2024 offseason. The consequences of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams’ restructures from last season take effect now, with both having $30+ million cap hits in their final contract years.
It’s decision time in that regard. Allen is probably a safe bet to remain with the team. In theory, the Chargers can find a way to keep both if they want to with the league’s unprecedented cap spike. However, Williams will head into his age 30 season off of a torn ACL with a new regime that neither drafted nor extended him.
Outside of the big money duo at the top of the receiver room, Josh Palmer enters a contract year. The former third-round 2021 draft pick has been solid when healthy, but struggled with a knee injury last season that forced him to miss time on an extended IR stint.
Perhaps the biggest question mark outside of the ones mentioned above is 2023 first-round pick Quentin Johnston. Will a new brain trust believe in his future development and a second-year breakout for the former TCU star? Or will Joe Hortiz in company look to the draft to reshape their wide receiver room again with talent at the top of the draft?
In continuing our offseason position preview series, let’s turn to the wide receiver room entering the offseason.