The Los Angeles Chargers woke up Wednesday with a significant issue to solve.
The Chargers were the last NFL team to make moves to get under the salary cap. As of Wednesday morning, with the league year officially starting at 4 p.m. Eastern, the Chargers were $24.6 million over the cap according to Spotrac. Only the Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints were above the cap on Wednesday, at much more manageable figures of $3.5 million and $357,000 respectively.
There was going to have to be some startling moves by Jim Harbaugh's new team to get cap compliant.