Chargers coach Brandon Staley said the team has entered extension negotiations with Justin Herbert.

28 March 2023

?Those talks are ongoing. We?re at the beginning of all that, but all know how we feel about him," Staley told reporters. This was an expected move as Herbert enters the final year of his rookie deal, ahead of a fifth-year option that will assuredly be picked up. Negotiating now will put the Chargers in a better salary cap position in the future as they can structure their cap hits with some foresight. Herbert is "expected" per ESPN's Lindsey Thiry to earn an extension worth more than $50 million a season. The extension market for Herbert, Joe Burrow, and Jalen Hurts has been fairly slow while the Lamar Jackson situation unfolds and potentially sets a market one way or another.