Chargers extended talks with Melvin Gordon until the end of the season

If Melvin Gordon is to play for the Chargers this season, it will be the fifth year option of the running back.

While he was addressing reporters at a teleconference Sunday, Los Angeles general manager, Tom Telesco, repeated that the extension talks with Gordon, who is currently waiting for a new contract, will be suspended until the day after the season.

"Now that the regular season has arrived, we have informed its representatives that the discussions on the extension of contracts will be postponed until the end of this season," said Telesco, via: Gilbert Manzano of the Orange County Register. "So, when or if Melvin will report, he will play this season with his current contract."

This latest development does not jive with Jason La Canfora's, insider of CBS Sports in the NFL latest reports on the situation. On Saturday, he noted that things had come to a point where Gordon's "star" with the Chargers was going to infiltrate in the regular season. This also comes from the Ian Rapoport suite of the NFL network, revealing that the team has given The permission of Gordon's representatives to look for a job.

It's quite 180 degrees from the way this saga originally developed. At first, the Chargers refused Gordon's camp to find a business partner and even offered him a contract that would reimburse the veteran about $ 10 million a year. Gordon declined this initial offer, seeking a bigger salary.

Now that the floodgates are open, Gordon can look for a new team. The potential solution is to find a club ready not only to pay Gordon, but also to sell assets to acquire it. If Gordon can not find a team to do that and the veteran eventually reports to the Chargers, he should earn $ 5.6 million with this fifth-year option in 2019. After that, Gordon will become an unrestricted free agent as long as Los Angeles will not place the franchise etiquette on it.

As for the here and now, Gordon stays away from the Chargers, a team ready to begin the 2019 season with Austin Ekeler and Justin Jackson in the background.