{"id":588982,"date":"2026-04-17T03:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/588982\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T03:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:22:08","slug":"joe-hortiz-addresses-trade-rumors-involving-quentin-johnston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/588982\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Hortiz addresses trade rumors involving Quentin Johnston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chargers <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/chargers-still-deciding-whether-to-exercise-quentin-johnstons-fifth-year-option\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">still are deciding<\/a> on the fifth-year option for Quentin Johnston, but General Manager Joe Hortiz insists the wide receiver will be part of the team in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>During his pre-draft news conference on Thursday, Hortiz attempted to squash trade rumors involving Johnston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48505918\/chargers-gm-joe-hortiz-shuts-quentin-johnston-trade-rumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a lot of rumors <\/a>out there on Twitter,\u201d Hortiz said, via Kris Rhim of ESPN, \u201cand I can tell you this: I have made zero calls about Quentin, and I\u2019ve had zero calls regarding Quentin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers made Johnston a first-round pick in 2023, and his penchant for drops followed him to the NFL. However, he led the team in touchdowns the past two seasons and posted a career-high 735 receiving yards in 14 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers have a deep wide receivers room with Ladd McConkey, Tre\u2019 Harris and KeAndre Lambert-Smith, but Hortiz said the team has a place for Johnston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really excited about the wide receiver room,\u201d Hortiz said. &#8220;[Offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel] has talked about it. Just development all those guys have made. All starting with [Johnston]. Watching him get better year after year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers have until May 1 to pick up Johnston\u2019s fifth-year option, which is set to be worth $18.1 million, fully guaranteed, for 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chargers still are deciding on the fifth-year option for Quentin Johnston, but General Manager Joe Hortiz insists&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-588982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}