Chargers Sign S Tre Boston

Tre Boston has found a new home. The safety took to Twitter on Friday to announce that he is the newest member of the Chargers. The Bolts confirmed the move.Tre Boston (vertical)

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Boston was released by the Panthers earlier this month and that came as a big surprise since the Panthers did not draft a safety last month. There could be more to the story, but if there were unknown factors that led to Boston’s pink slip, then they obviously didn’t bother the Chargers.

The Chargers took safeties Rayshawn Jenkins and Desmond King in the middle rounds of last month’s draft, and they do have Dwight Lowery returning, but Lowery did not fare much better than Boston in 2016 in terms of Pro Football Focus’ metrics, and he turned 31 in January. Lowery was decidedly better in coverage than Boston, but PFF indicates that Boston made up for much of that with high marks in pass rushing situations.

The Steelers and Bills also had interest in Boston before he signed with Los Angeles.

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