Iron sharpens iron: Chargers’ Rashawn Slater, Khalil Mack go head-to-head for first time

Training camp is always more fun when you get to see your team’s elite players duke it out, knowing that the competition they’ll face in real game situations will be a cakewalk compared to what they go through in practice every day.

Perhaps no situation is more indicative of this phenomenon than the trench battles in Costa Mesa on Monday, as fans were treated to a battle between Rashawn Slater and Khalil Mack for the first time.

u kno what they say about iron…… pic.twitter.com/VbAqAiBLZB

— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) August 1, 2022