The LA Chargers pulled off another big and somewhat surprising move in 2020, this time extending franchise pass rusher Joey Bosa to a five-year, $135 million extension that pays him $27 million per season. That is $3.5 million more per year than Khalil Mack, who had the record salary for a non-QB prior to Myles Garrett signing a five-year, $125 million extension with the Cleveland Browns last month.
Following the other apparent shifts in organizational philosophy from GM Tom Telesco this year (goodbye Philip Rivers, making a trade for Trai Turner, drafting a quarterback early, trading a draft pick and moving back into the first round for Kenneth Murray), this too sets a new normal for the Chargers by extending a player who as a rookie heldout into the season despite the 2011 CBA setting a standard for what he had to be paid anyway.