Chargers combine with the free agent recipient Mike Williams – Daily News

The broad recipient Mike Williams spent the first seven seasons of his NFL career with the Chargers and first formed strong connections with Philip Rivers and later with Justin Herbert, before he was reached through the team with a salary limit about a year ago.

Williams and the chargers were reunited on Wednesday when he and the team agreed a contract for a season over a value of up to $ 6 million. Fox Sports was the first to report the deal, a step that drills the Wide Receiver Corps of the chargers and gives Herbert another experienced and reliable goal.

The 30-year-old Williams signed at the New York Jets afterwards The chargers released him last yearNine games before the jets exchanged him to the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played more nine games with the Steelers, but was not a goal for both teams and caught a total of 21 passes.

Williams caught 19 passes in three games with the Chargers before he suffered A knee injury at the end of the end of the season In a week 3 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in 2023. He also suffered a small fracture in the back of the 2022 season in a week 18.

However, finances and non -injuries played an important role in Williams. The chargers were well above the salary upper limit and cut Williams exchanged the Wide Receiver Keenan and asked outside of the LineBacker Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack to restructure their contracts.

The pass game of the Chargers did not click as well as everyone and Williams in the 2024 season, but Herbert did it, but Herbert did it Form a bond with the rookie wide receiver Ladd McConkeywho broke Allen Franchise records for a rookie with 82 receptions for 1,149 yards. Allen had 71 catches for 1,046 yards in 2013.

The signing of a player from Williams’ caliber also fills a gap that Joshua Palmer agreed with a three-year contract with $ 36 million with the Buffalo Bills. Palmer got 39 passes for 584 yards and a touchdown last season, which in the absence of everyone and Williams did not expect.

The 25 -year -old Palmer set career height for 769 yards during the 2022 caught.

Herbert, who was hindered in the first weeks of the regular season by a plantar injury during the training camp and a bricked up ankle, threw 3,870 yards. It was the second season in a row, in which he did not first class 4,000 meters after doing this in the NFL in each of his first three seasons.

Williams will offer Herbert an additional, secure goal after he has achieved an average of 53 receptions for 88 destinations plus 819 yards and five touchdowns per 17 game season in his eight-year career in the NFL. In total, he has 330 receptions for 5,104 yards and 32 touchdowns during his career.

Williams’ most productive season was in 2021 when he caught 76 passes for 1,146 yards and nine touchdowns. Herbert set a charger by threw 5,014 yards for 5,014 yards during the 2021 season, his second in the NFL. He also threw 38 touchdown passes and was selected for the Pro Bowl.

The chargers selected the seventh place in the draft of Clemson in 2017.