Austin Ekeler is going to be back in Los Angeles, as the Chargers have added $2 million in incentives to his current deal that ends at the end of the 2023 season. It’s a good compromise between the two sides, and it keeps fantasy’s best back at home. At one point, Ekeler requested a trade and felt disrespected by the organization.
“I kinda got punched in the face when the Chargers basically said hey we don’t want to talk about extensions anymore,” Ekeler told me and Amber Theoharis on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio’s Fantasy Dirt earlier this offseason. “I was like, wow, this is the first time in my career with them that I felt disrespected by my own organization.”
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