\n Odafe Oweh Talks About Trade to Chargers<\/p>\n
A day after being traded to the Chargers, outside linebacker Odafe Oweh arrived in Los Angeles looking forward to a fresh start and apparently carrying a bit of a chip on his shoulder.<\/p>\n
Per ESPN\u2019s Kris Rhim<\/a>, Oweh said he was shocked by the timing of the trade but knew this would be his final season with the Ravens when he didn’t get a contract extension last year.<\/p>\n “I was really trying to get an opportunity to be in a new system and prove what I can to people that are really trying to see that, so I have a little animosity on my back,” Oweh said. “But I know this is a good opportunity for me to show who I can be and what was not really able to be shown with the Ravens. I’m happy now.”<\/p>\n The Ravens picked up Oweh’s fifth-year option \u2013 which came with a $13.25 million salary cap hit \u2013 after he posted a career-high 10 sacks last season, but the 2021 first-round pick did not have any sacks through five games this season. Oweh’s snap count fell to a career-low 45%, while fellow outside linebacker Tavius Robinson’s rose to 70%.<\/p>\n Oweh, who had a team-high five quarterback hits, said he believes the sacks will come with his new team.<\/p>\n “I don’t attribute it to me not having the moves or me not winning,” Oweh said, via the Chargers website<\/a>. “I was winning, just the ball was getting out or different situations in Baltimore.<\/p>\n “There’s a lot of things, but I could have been better as well. I know the fact that I have a lot of pressures, that’s going to translate. I don’t know when. But I’m just going to keep doing what I have to do and the production will come.”<\/p>\n