General manager Tom Telesco said the Los Angeles Chargers will not discuss a contract extension with star running back Melvin Gordon until after the 2019 season, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
“When or if Melvin reports, he’ll play this season under his current contract, and we’ll just revisit it after the season,” Telesco said, per ESPN’s Eric D. Williams.
Los Angeles gave Gordon and his camp permission to find a trade partner on Saturday.
The Chargers have offered Gordon a new contract that would nearly double his salary to roughly $10 million, but he hasn’t budged. He is set to make $5.605 million in 2019 on the fifth-year option of his rookie deal.
The Wisconsin product has racked up numerous fines for not showing up this summer, and he loses $330,000 each week he misses during the regular season.
It’s now up to Gordon to decide what he wants to do, but he continues to lose leverage by the week.
