LA Chargers Turned Down Philadelphia Eagles Incredibly Weak Trade Proposal For Melvin Gordon

On Tuesday, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk cited a league source as telling him the Los Angeles Chargers were looking for a first- and a fifth-round pick in a trade for holdout RB Melvin Gordon.

The team has already given Gordon and his agent permission to seek out a trade with another, but it makes the task that much harder with the type of draft compensation the Chargers want in return.

The Philadelphia Eagles gave it quite the effort when they hilariously offered RB Jordan Howard and a swap of mid-round picks in exchange for Los Angeles sending them Gordon and taking on some of his salary, according to Albert Breer.

The Chargers, of course, turned it down.

Did a little digging around on the Melvin Gordon trade market. To give you an idea of where it is, only offer I came across was from Philly.

In that deal, Jordan Howard would go to LA, the teams would swap mid-round picks, and the Chargers would eat salary. LA obviously said no.

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) September 4, 2019

There just hasn’t been much action on Gordon. And that’s not bc he can’t play. It’s bc there aren’t teams willing to fork over draft capital and the kind of $$$ Gordon wants.

You could deal for him as a 1-year rental. But (as the Philly offer shows) that lessens his trade value.

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) September 4, 2019

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The Chargers refuse to move off its offer of $10 million per season they sent to Gordon, while he is looking for a deal worth closer to $13 million per season.

The Chargers picked up Gordon’s fifth-year option this past May worth $5,605,000 for the 2019 season.