In mid-December, it was announced that the 2024 salary cap outlook was a little more bleak than previously imagined. Although this didn’t greatly affect many teams, the Chargers had one of the largest projected cap deficits, so this made journey to cap compliance $14,000,000 more difficult than originally thought. Here, we detailed the significance of this news. This ultimately meant the Chargers would start the offseason needing to clear approximately $45,000,000 in salary cap charges before they could explore trades as a viable option to clear the additional cap required for signing free agents, rookies, and maintaining an in-season budget.