The Los Angeles Chargers and Travis Benjamin have decided to mutually part ways, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. Benjamin signed a four-year, $24 million dollar deal with the Chargers back in 2016, but he was mostly a disappointment in his time in California.
Benjamin's best year with the Chargers was in 2016 when he played 14 games, catching 47 passes for 677 yards and four touchdowns. His 48.4 yards per game was the second-best of his career. During the 2019 season, Benjamin was a non-factor playing in only five games catching only six passes for 30 yards.
Benjamin isn't the only player that is leaving the Chargers offense this season. Philip Rivers and the Chargers also agreed to go in different directions, but Rivers made it clear he wants to continue playing.
“I do feel I have some emotional fire and passion still left,” Rivers said via The Los Angeles Times. “I know I have the passion for the game that I think is going to last my lifetime. And I think I have the ability left to go play at a high level.”
Rivers also made clear that wherever he goes he won't play more than two years.
“I can say for certain that if I’m playing, it’s a two-year maximum,” Rivers said. “Whoever the suitors are, I think that would be their hope as well. Because you never know how it goes. Shoot, if we stink it up after one year, I’m probably done. If we play really good, they’ll probably want to go again.”
It's a new era with the Chargers and whoever the next quarterback of the team is will need new playmakers.
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