March is the wildest time of the year on the NFL calendar as players bounce around from team to team with the league preparing for the upcoming season. This March has created a lot of change for the LA Chargers, with fan favorites like Keenan Allen and Mike Williams no longer with the team.
The Chargers are obviously not the only teams undergoing big changes this offseason, especially in the AFC West. The rest of the division has also made some pretty big changes this offseason, some of which are destined to not pan out and become comedy gold for Chargers fans.
If you are ever upset thinking about how Allen was traded from the team, just remember these other moves from the AFC West rivals to lighten the mood.
Chargers fans can laugh at the Broncos' complete self teardown
With the Broncos, it is a series of moves that are entertaining to Chargers fans and not one specific move. After falling short of expectations in Sean Payton's first season at the helm, this offseason has been all about tearing it down for the Denver Broncos.
Denver waived both Russell Wilson and Justin Simmons and in the case of Wilson, the team is taking on the largest dead cap hit in NFL history. Simmons is a top-tier safety who simply had to be a cap casualty that the Broncos were forced to part ways with.
And let's not even mention the fact that the team had to essentially get rid of Jerry Jeudy for nothing. So much for that first-round pick panning out.
It might not be a specific free-agent signing with Denver that makes this offseason so laughable. It is instead the idea that Payton was going to come to the Broncos and fix all of the issues that existed before him. Now, the team is left with one of the worst rosters in the sport and a massive uphill climb at quarterback.
Chargers fans can laugh at the Raiders signing Christian Wilkins
This was a take that we here at Bolt Beat deployed as soon as the Christian Wilkins signing was announced for the Raiders. Because Wilkins is such a big name the natural reaction was for most Raiders fans to build this signing up, and for Chargers fans to worry about what this might mean this season.
In reality, this doesn't change the ceiling of the Raiders. Wilkins is a solid player and he is one of the best run-stuffing defensive linemen in the sport. That being said, this is a passing league and if you are going to be elite in one aspect, it is better to be an elite pass rusher.
All those factors considered, Tom Telesco decided to continue his old Chargers ways and make a massive signing for one player instead of building out the depth of the roster. The Raiders could have filled various holes with the money they used on Wilkins. Instead, the team spent $110 million on a run-defense specialist who turns 29 this season.
Last season was the best season of Wilkins' career in terms of rushing the passer and he finished top 10 in pressures among interior defensive linemen. While that seemingly justifies the signing, it leaves out the fact that Wilkins' pressure numbers were only high because of the number of chances he had.
In terms of pass-rush win rate, Wilkins was still very mediocre. The now-former Dolphin finished 75th among interior defensive linemen in pass-rush win rate and had the exact same pass-rush win rate as Sebastian Joseph-Day. No Chargers fan was calling Joseph-Day an elite pass-rusher last season.
All that to say Wilkins is a good player who was severely overpaid and that will hurt the rest of the Raiders' roster. Sound familiar, Chargers fans?
Chargers fans can laugh at the Raiders committing to Gardner Minshew
The entire premise of this article was originally based on the idea that each team in the AFC West had one move that Chargers fans could laugh at this offseason. However, as unfortunate as it is for the Bolts, the Kansas City Chiefs haven't made any bad moves thus far. Everything the Chiefs have done is calculated and smart.
Thus, we all need to laugh at the Raiders for a second time. No Chargers fan is ever going to complain about laughing at the Raiders, though.
Wilkins was the most expensive contract the Raiders signed this offseason with the second-most expensive being Gardner Minshew. The Raiders signed Minshew to a two-year, $25 million contract for him to essentially serve as the bridge quarterback/backup.
Minshew is solid in that role and is particularly good in that role for teams that have a chance to make the playoffs. The Raiders do not, so why the team spent $12.5 million a year on someone like Minshew makes no sense.
The scary move that the Raiders could have made was trading for Justin Fields. Fields went for absolutely nothing and he would have given the Raiders someone to compete for the job with high upside. Just like Minshew, it would have been a two-year commitment on Fields.
Instead, the Raiders signed the most average quarterback possible and will likely be drafting a quarterback in the first round of a draft where there are six teams ahead of them looking to take a quarterback.
Vegas might end up with the sixth or seventh-best prospect and Minshew as the only options in the quarterback room. That is great news for Chargers fans.