Nov 05, 2025
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The Chargers got help for their injury-plagued offensive line on Tuesday, trading a 2027 sixth-round pick to the Saints for Trevor Penning.
Los Angeles - The Chargers received some help on their offensive line on Tuesday due to injuries, trading a 2027 sixth-round pick to the New Orleans Saints for Trevor Penning.
Saints 2022 The NFL selected Penning with the 19th overall pick in Northern Iowa. After the 2024 draft, he moved to right tackle.The Saints drafted Taliese Fuaga in the first round, and he started all 17 games at that position. Fuaga moved to right tackle this offseason, and the Saints called up Kelvin Banks Jr. to play left tackle.
That left the 26-year-old Penning with a third straight position change, this time to left guard, where he has started six games with a finger injury after missing the first three games of the season.He is in the final year of his rookie contract.
The line that feels like it should be mortal for this loan team to send 2025, but injured, but the land has made a weak place.
The Chargers announced Monday that left tackle Joe Alt will require season-ending right knee surgery after suffering the injury in a win over the Tennessee Titans.
Pro Bowl left tackle Rashawn Slater suffered a torn tendon in his left knee during training camp.Right guard Mekhi Becton, the team's top free agent signing this offseason, has been in and out of the lineup with injuries all season and missed Sunday's game against the Titans with a knee injury.
Right tackle Bobby Hart was also injured on Sunday, leaving the game with a groin and ankle injury.Coach Jim Harbaugh said he doesn't think Hart will end up on injured reserve.
After going left on Sunday, the Kramikas play with the right setup and Jamau Salier with Cold Piking III.
The Chargers need help all along the offensive line, but it seems unlikely that the pen will start Zion Johnson every game there.
Also on Tuesday, Los Angeles acquired a conditional 2028 seventh-round pick of defensive back Jasir Taylor from the New York Jets.
Catherine Terrell contributed to this report.
