The Los Angeles Chargers are crammed with the kind of optimism they haven’t had in a very long time as coaching camp begins to unfold for them.
They’ve a wonderful new head coach in Jim Harbaugh, who gave an fascinating and meme-worthy analogy for his first day of camp along with his new workforce.
From all outward appearances, it seems to be like Harbaugh desires to remake the Chargers in his personal picture as a squad that performs smash-mouth soccer, and that begins with an offensive line that hits first and hits arduous.
Whereas Rashawn Slater and rookie Joe Alt, the No. 5 choose in April’s draft, are the cornerstones of that offensive line, depth is essential, and per Aaron Wilson, Los Angeles labored out offensive lineman Zach Johnson on Thursday.
#Chargers labored out OL Zack Johnson immediately per a league supply All-UFL guard with Birmingham Stallions He labored out for Cleveland on Wednesday @USFLStallions @KPRC2
— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) July 25, 2024
Johnson performed his school ball at North Dakota State College, a member of the NCAA’s Soccer Championship Subdivision (FCS), and whereas there, he supplied excellent cross and run safety as his workforce gained three straight nationwide championships.
He went unselected within the 2020 NFL Draft, and after stints with 5 NFL groups, he joined the Birmingham Stallions of the United Soccer League (UFL) final October.
Whereas there, he earned a spot on the All-UFL workforce for the 2024 season whereas serving to the Stallions win the league championship.
Harbaugh’s groups in each the NFL and NCAA have been bodily, tough-minded groups, and in every single place he has gone, he has remodeled his groups into winners.
He did it with a San Francisco 49ers workforce that was caught in rebuilding mode when he took over within the 2011 season, and most lately, he turned the College of Michigan right into a powerhouse whereas guiding them to a win in final season’s School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship Recreation.
If nothing else, the Chargers gained’t be boring or bland this season.
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