{"id":379356,"date":"2026-06-29T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379356\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:29:08","slug":"5-chargers-players-who-stood-out-in-2026-offseason-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379356\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Chargers Players Who Stood Out in 2026 Offseason Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Alt<\/a> earned Pro Bowl honors a year ago despite playing in just six games as the mammoth offensive tackle’s second season was cut short due to an ankle injury.<\/p>\n

Alt said earlier this month that he was essentially full go this spring, noting that he has “been feeling pretty good out there.”<\/p>\n

Alt’s recovery and progression was impressive, especially considering how much running the Chargers are now asking of their offensive line.<\/p>\n

For the record, we could have put Rashawn Slater here, too, as he returns from aa torn patellar tendon.<\/p>\n

Simply put, the thought of two healthy and elite tackles in front Justin Herbert should excite Chargers fans for the months ahead.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Herbert, the Chargers franchise quarterback spent the offseason focused on two main objectives: reducing the workload on his throwing arm and tweaking his footwork in the shotgun format.<\/p>\n

As a result, Trey Lance and DJ Uiagalelei took most of the reps at quarterback this offseason.<\/p>\n

And while Lance certainly had his moments, Uiagalelei looked noticeably improved from a year ago.<\/p>\n

A former standout at Clemson, Uiagalelei joined the Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2025 and spent the majority of the season on the practice squad.<\/p>\n

His work ethic, whether last season or earlier this offseason, appears to have paid off as he looked comfortable in McDaniel’s system.<\/p>\n

If Uiagalelei keeps progressing, perhaps he could challenge Lance for the backup job during camp and the preseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Alt earned Pro Bowl honors a year ago despite playing in just six games as the mammoth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[73575,7710,7708,7709,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-379356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-2026-offseason-editorial","tag-app-homepage","tag-homepage-cp","tag-homepage-headlines","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}