The NFL is on summer break, but that doesn't mean we can't get excited about the season ahead.
Dalton Wasserman of Pro Football Focus recently picked out each team's reason for optimism as the 2025 season looms, and went with a plethora of young offensive building blocks for the Chargers.
Wasserman wrote:
The first year of the Chargers' offensive youth movement was a rousing success. Joe Alt earned a 75.9 PFF overall grade in his rookie season, ranking eighth among qualified right tackles. Fellow rookie Ladd McConkey garnered an 85.0 PFF receiving grade to place 12th among qualified wide receivers.
Joining those two this season will be 2025 rookies Omarion Hampton and Tre Harris, who could both make an immediate impact after outstanding college careers. The future looks bright for Justin Herbert's supporting cast.
Hampton and Harris were added in the 2025 NFL Draft as the Bolts focused on offensive playmakers to surround Herbert.
Hampton was a Second-Team All-American in both 2023 and 2024, as he also finished as a finalist for the Doak Walker Award for the nation's top running back in each of those seasons after putting up at least 1,500 yards and 15 touchdowns in each.
Harris, meanwhile, posted 60 receptions for 1,030 receiving yards and seven touchdowns in just eight games in 2025.
Alt and McConkey were stars as first-year players for the Chargers.
Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh recently raved about Alt's progression.
"I think he's on track for a Hall of Fame type of career," Harbaugh said on the Chargers Weekly podcast with Matt "Money" Smith and Chris Hayre. "I do not feel like I'm going out on a ledge by saying that."
And McConkey is coming off a year in which he set the Chargers franchise rookie record for both catches and receiving yards.
Add in other offensive skill players such as Najee Harris, Mike Williams, Quentin Johnston, Tyler Conklin and Will Dissly, and the Bolts have the potential for a dynamic offense with Herbert in 2025.
