GM Tom Telesco’s State of the Chargers Address

As he does at the conclude of each individual year, Basic Manager Tom Telesco tackled the media on Thursday to produce a point out of the staff handle.

Telesco touched on many vital topics like pending no cost brokers, a glance back again at very last year and considerably, considerably extra

Here are some highlights from what he had to say:

Gates’ Upcoming Up in the Air

Antonio Gates’ potential with the Chargers is as soon as yet again up in the air. Last year, the Bolts declared in April that they had been going on in one more course having said that, Hunter Henry’s ACL injury manufactured them reverse study course. Well, the potential Hall of Famer showed he however had more than enough still left in the tank, which is why he declared he’d like to appear back again for his 17th year future year at the age of 39. There is no question Gates can however participate in in the league, but there are quite a few elements that appear into participate in concerning whether he’ll be back again with the Bolts. Telesco defined how this is a final decision that need to be manufactured with his head and coronary heart but confident it will appear previously this offseason than it did a year ago. In addition, the GM stressed how he’ll constantly be grateful for the manner in which Gates returned to the staff in 2018:

“He by now stopped (by) and we talked on Monday. He talked to Mentor on Monday. I am going to say the very same matter that I explained very last year at this time — he can however participate in. He however has snaps in his overall body. He however has catches, he however has touchdowns in his overall body. I will be without end grateful (for him). Certainly, very last year we made a decision to move on from him. The situation adjusted and we go back again to Antonio. He could have explained, ‘You know what? I am heading to participate in, but I am going to go participate in for any individual else.’ He could have appear back again to participate in for us and be bitter about it. He was neither. He was an brilliant teammate and fantastic to be all over. I am going to under no circumstances forget that. I am going to be without end grateful for that. For future year, if you question me now, my coronary heart claims, ‘Yeah, he’ll be back again future year.’ But, you set the GM hat on and you have to glance at what the job is, what are the assets below the cap and how almost everything matches jointly. We will appear to that summary a good deal a lot quicker than we did very last year. We have some assumed to do on that one particular. The short response is, I really don’t know still.”