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http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/01/chargers-corey-liuget-eric-weddle-contract/

Chargers working to extend Corey Liuget

Quarterback aside, team more eager to do second contracts than third
By Michael Gehlken8 p.m.June 1, 2015

Corey Liuget is still playing under his rookie contract.

That may change soon enough.

For weeks, the Chargers have been in talks to extend the defensive end's deal. These ongoing discussions were expected, as the team made it known at the NFL Scouting Combine in February it was interested in a Liuget extension after the draft.

Nothing has changed. He is a priority.

Quarterback aside, the team has more desire to give its players their second contract than third. A second deal, following a rookie contract, is the one players work toward upon entering the league. It's often the biggest pay day of a career, usually coinciding with the player entering his prime.

Liuget, 25, and safety Eric Weddle, 30, are both entering a contract season.

The Chargers informed Weddle's agent on Monday his deal will not be extended this year. He signed a five-year, $40 million contract in 2011 and remains among the top NFL safeties in compensation, due a $7.5 million salary this season.

But the five-time All-Pro wants to be a Charger long term. While the team has not engaged in negotiations with Weddle's agent, it is its belief an extension would involve a raise. The stance not to extend him this year all but assures he will play elsewhere in 2016.

Liuget likely will remain.

How long until an extension is completed would require guesswork, but an air of imminence surrounds his situation. Liuget has attended all team functions this offseason while awaiting the chance to review a new contract.

He was drafted in the 2011 first round.

"Before I sign anything, I want to know the basis of everything and how it's going to go," Liuget said. "Right now, they're talking. I'm just sitting and waiting. If it happens, it happens. It not, at the end of the day, I get to play football, and that's all that matters."

Liuget appeared in every game the past three years.

He has developed into a presence in the run game and as a pass rusher, an end who moves to tackle in the Chargers' sub packages. His combination of athleticism and violent hands honed during his early career have led to flashes of elite play, although he is still working to be more consistent.

A new contract, Liuget said, would mean a lot.

"This is where I got my first shot to play in the NFL," Liuget said. "These guys have given me a heck of an opportunity. To have a contract extension is security for me and my family. ... (They'll get) a leader on the field and a role model off the field, a guy that's going to come work each and every day and win football games. It's just that simple."

[Formula 21]

Liuget needs to read the last line of the contract before he signs it, the one that says "after the expiration of this contract, the aforementioned meat shall not let the door hit him in the ass on the way out."

[Panamamike]

Liuget needs to read the last line of the contract before he signs it, the one that says "after the expiration of this contract, the aforementioned meat shall not let the door hit him in the ass on the way out."

I am good with that. Get the best tread off the tire, then replace the tire before it becomes hazardous and affects performance.

[Sec-E4]

That's part off the business..Nothing personal

NFL Players get handsomely rewarded for what they can provide a team at that very moment in time...It's kinda like a commision based job, You either sell or you don't and if you don't...Well then you're no good to the company

Great sales people know how to read the client and close the sale.

Hashtag #Coffeeisforclosers #putthatcupdown

[Steve]

My biggest problem with Liuget is not the fact that he is the playmaker on D, but that he allows so many big plays. Our run D is as bad as it is because the DE play the run badly at times and give up a lot of long runs, and inconsistently defend their gaps and cover up the LB so they can make plays.

I was thinking the better route was to let him play out his contract and see how he does on the consistency front. He has the ability to be a great player, but until he raises his consistency of play, and stops giving up the big plays, I am not sure he is as big a help as some people think. Right now, I think Liuget is more of a liability then a help. So, let him prove he can do more, and make him play for the contact. And don't give him a 2nd contract if he doesn't play at a higher level.

[Panamamike]

My biggest problem with Liuget is not the fact that he is the playmaker on D, but that he allows so many big plays. Our run D is as bad as it is because the DE play the run badly at times and give up a lot of long runs, and inconsistently defend their gaps and cover up the LB so they can make plays.

I was thinking the better route was to let him play out his contract and see how he does on the consistency front. He has the ability to be a great player, but until he raises his consistency of play, and stops giving up the big plays, I am not sure he is as big a help as some people think. Right now, I think Liuget is more of a liability then a help. So, let him prove he can do more, and make him play for the contact.

Again, I think the revolving door at OLB the last two years has had a big part in his inconsistency. I am fine with extending him.

[Steve]

I think sloppy technique and inattention to detail is bigger then the OLB part.

[blueman]

Looking forward to a year of Luiget and Carruthers playing next to each other.

[Steve]

I look forward to getting Reyes off the field. He is the bigger issue, and it is a contract year for him too.

But if Liuget doesn't start to play with more focus and stop doing his own thing on D, it is time to start thinking about using a rotation that doesn't include him or Reyes. I would rather have DL who play their assignment, but have limited upside, then players with big play potential who allow big plays because they get sloppy. In the end, the big pays that you don't allow outweigh the plays that you do make.

[Lightningwill_420]

I look forward to getting Reyes off the field. He is the bigger issue, and it is a contract year for him too.

But if Liuget doesn't start to play with more focus and stop doing his own thing on D, it is time to start thinking about using a rotation that doesn't include him or Reyes. I would rather have DL who play their assignment, but have limited upside, then players with big play potential who allow big plays because they get sloppy. In the end, the big pays that you don't allow outweigh the plays that you do make.

I wouldn't bench Liuget or Reyes unless we have somebody better to replace them. We probably do have somebody better than Reyes, but I don't think we have anybody yet who has outplayed Liuget over a long period of time.
However, I also wouldn't extend either of their contracts unless one is asking for a backup's salary.