After playing out his rookie contract in Baltimore, Charlie Kolar has secured a major raise on his next deal. A notable agreement with the Chargers has been worked out.
Team and player agreed to terms on a three-year contract Monday, Tom Pelissero, Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL Network report. This $24.3MM pact will include $17MM guaranteed, per the report. That will make Kolar the NFL’s highest-paid blocking tight end.
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This could work out nicely. Decent pass catching chops he never got all that much chance to show, and he can legit play inline tight end, which is nice for a team that already has Gadsden, who can’t.
@Oooof. I saw the price of the deal, and freaked out. I guess hortiz knows him, and I’ve been hearing he’s good just was behind Andrews, and likely. Guess kolar, ingold, biadasz is a start to fixing the line
Kolar was a really good receiving TE at Iowa State so he’s potentially more than just a blocking TE.
Solid signing.
I like what they’ve done overall and this move is expensive but takes advantage of Gadsden being on a rookie deal. Spending what they are spending collectively on the tight end position for the (hopeful) production and blocking is a good deal
Not bad chunk of change for a perpetual third string tight end. Great at blocking
For a team that saw both their tackle go down and watch Herbert get demolished in the playoffs due to having the 32nd ranked group up front. I totally get investing in a premium TE that can help in the run game to have Hampton take pressure off Herbert and help chip block guys as need be in pass situations