Four years ago this month, former Chargers running back Melvin Gordon announced that he would hold out from training camp without a contract extension. After an offseason of negotiations with Los Angeles, while his name was in the headlines, Gordon would miss the first four games of the 2019 season. In early September, Tom Telesco announced that the team tabled all negotiations until the 2020 offseason.
Without the services of Gordon, the Chargers had three running backs on their 2019 roster. Western Colorado’s Austin Ekeler was in line to have the top job in the running back room alongside Justin Jackson and Troymaine Pope.
