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Spencer Pulley is still ahead of 2016 3rd round pick Max Tuerk on the depth chart. A lot of people had very high hopes for Max Tuerk when the Chargers selected him in the 3rd round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He was recovering from an injury and the Chargers brought in Matt Slauson so Tuerk would have all the time he needed to finish healing and hit the books to learn the offense.
Tuerk saw some time in a few preseason games last year, but didn’t get into any of the regular season games. He learned the playbook, got some tips from Matt Slauson, and got to practice against Brandon Mebane who also gave him some pointers.
He also worked on adding some weight and getting his base stronger. Coming off the ACL injury Tuerk was pretty slender and needed to get to an NFL weight. According to Eric Williams (ESPN) as of mid April Tuerk was up to 295-298 lbs and said he plans on being just over 300 going into the season. Being at 300 would give him enough weight to compete with interior defensive linemen, who can be 3
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Tuerk saw some time in a few preseason games last year, but didn’t get into any of the regular season games. He learned the playbook, got some tips from Matt Slauson, and got to practice against Brandon Mebane who also gave him some pointers.
He also worked on adding some weight and getting his base stronger. Coming off the ACL injury Tuerk was pretty slender and needed to get to an NFL weight. According to Eric Williams (ESPN) as of mid April Tuerk was up to 295-298 lbs and said he plans on being just over 300 going into the season. Being at 300 would give him enough weight to compete with interior defensive linemen, who can be 3
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