Sources: Chargers add QB Lance on 1-year deal

Quarterback Trey Lance reached statement connected a one-year woody worthy up to $6.2 cardinal with the Los Angeles Chargers, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter connected Friday.

Lance and Taylor Heinicke are present the backups down Chargers starter Justin Herbert.

Herbert has been 1 of the astir durable quarterbacks successful the NFL implicit his archetypal 5 seasons. He started 62 consecutive games to statesman his career, which was the second-longest progressive streak successful the NFL, earlier a fracture to his close scale digit successful Week 14 of 2023 ended his season.

Still, Herbert has played done injuries, and portion helium didn't miss a crippled successful 2024, helium was often hobbled and missed snaps oregon quarters of games owed to injuries. The wounded bug began successful grooming campy erstwhile a plantar fascia diagnosis kept him retired for 2 weeks. Then Herbert suffered a precocious ankle sprain successful Week 2 that helium aggravated the pursuing week and navigated a thigh contusion and a abstracted ankle wounded aboriginal successful the year.

Lance gives the Chargers different competent backup enactment -- on with Heinicke -- if Herbert indispensable miss clip with an injury. The Chargers signing Lance apt means that Easton Stick, the Chargers' third-string backmost past season, volition apt not beryllium back.

The No. 3 prime successful the 2021 draught by the San Francisco 49ers, Lance remains thing of a enigma aft 4 seasons successful the league.

He started 4 games successful 2 years with San Francisco, posting a 2-2 grounds portion throwing for 797 yards, 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions connected 56-of-102 passing. An ankle wounded outgo him his starting job, starring to Brock Purdy's tally of occurrence with the Niners.

In 2023, the Dallas Cowboys acquired Lance for a fourth-round prime successful past year's draft, but helium did not play a drawback successful 2023 and saw lone spot work successful 2024 until starting the regular-season finale against the Washington Commanders -- completing 20 of 34 passes for 244 yards without a touchdown oregon interception, and moving for 26 yards connected six carries successful a 23-19 last-second loss.

He besides played the bulk of the snaps successful past year's preseason for the Cowboys, completing 73 of 113 passes for 662 yards and 2 touchdowns, but helium threw 5 interceptions successful the preseason finale against the Chargers.

Lance, 24, is younger than 2024 first-round picks Bo Nix and Michael Penix Jr. Former manager Mike McCarthy said Lance conscionable needed to proceed to summation acquisition due to the fact that helium played lone 19 games astatine North Dakota State earlier entering the NFL.

ESPN's Kris Rhim and Todd Archer contributed to this report.