March 15, 2025   3 MIN READ

Becton Bolts

Emergent OG Signs With Chargers

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Mekhi Becton, who revived his pro career last season playing right guard for the Eagles, is bolting for the West Coast.

Like several standouts from the Eagles’ Super Bowl championship, the mammoth lineman is exiting via free agency, signing a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Chargers announced the signing late Friday night.

Becton’s departure after one season leaves the Eagles looking for their fourth new starting right guard in the past four seasons.

Third-year pro Tyler Steen will compete with newcomer Kenyon Green, a former first-round pick acquired Wednesday in a trade with the Texans for C.J. Gardner-Johnson, along other candidates for the job.

Steen has played 28 games over two seasons, starting three. Green, picked 15th overall in 2022, struggled during his Texans career, missed an entire season with a shoulder injury, and was in and out of the starting lineup this past season.

Green could be another reclamation project for Eagles offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland, considered the best in the business.

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GETTY IMAGES: RG Mekhi Becton parlayed his rescued career with the Eagles into a 2-year deal with the Chargers.

Under Stoutland’s tutelage, Becton emerged from a failed first-round offensive tackle picked by 11th overall by the Jets into a quality starter on an elite offensive line that helped the Eagles win its second Super Bowl in franchise history.

He signed a one-year deal with the Eagles after the NFL Draft last April and beat out Steen for the starting job in training camp.

Terms of Becton’s deal weren’t announced, but the Eagles nearly all of their big-ticket free agents to find jobs elsewhere on the market.

Becton became the latest in a mass exodus that includes edge defender Josh Sweat, defensive tackle Milton Williams, and cornerbacks Darius Slay and Isaiah Rodgers.

The Eagles, who aren’t spending as much up-front cash this offseason, have also traded backup quarterback Kenny Pickett along with Gardner-Johnson, a starting safety.

The team has made several bargain, one-year additions in tight ends Harrison Bryant and Kylen Granson, cornerback Adoree’ Jackson, running back A.J. Dillon, long snapper Charley Hughlett, return specialist Avery Williams, and edge defenders Josh Uche and Patrick Johnson.

Their biggest splurge has been retaining All-Pro linebacker Zack Baun on a blockbuster extension.

– Geoff Mosher (@geoffmoshernfl) is co-host of the “Inside the Birds” podcast and staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com

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Geoff Mosher is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the Eagles, the NFL and other college and pro sports across several different multimedia platforms. He is co-host of the acclaimed Inside the Birds podcast, the leading podcast for intel on the Philadelphia Eagles, and co-host on 97.3 ESPN's drive-time show. He has also hosted on Philadelphia's sports-talk station, 94.1 WIP and 97.5 The Fanatic. Geoff was the lead Eagles Insider from 2012-2015 for NBC Sports Philadelphia, where he wrote for the website and appeared daily on the station's TV shows, including Quick Slants, Philly Sports Talk, Eagles Pregame/Postgame Live and Eagles Extra. Prior to joining NBC Sports, Geoff worked the Eagles beat from 2005-2012 for the Wilmington News Journal, where he broke several major news stories and also won an Associated Press Sports Editors award under the category of Breaking News for his coverage of the sudden death of Phillies play by play broadcaster Harry Kalas. Geoff has appeared on ESPN's SportsCenter, NFL Network, NBC Sports Network, FOX29, 6ABC and has conducted interviews for Sirius/XM NFL radio and countless other radio stations across the country.

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