Kyle Van Noy‘s Los Angeles visit has produced an agreement that will bring the veteran linebacker to a fourth team. The Chargers signed Van Noy on Thursday. It’s a one-year deal, ProFootballNetwork.com’s Aaron Wilson tweets.
Productive as a pass rusher despite not working exclusively in that role, Van Noy will join a Chargers team that has made a host of offseason additions on defense. The Bolts’ big-ticket moves came at edge rusher, cornerback and on their defensive line, however. Van Noy will attempt to bolster their linebacking corps.
Although the Patriots became the second team in two years to cut Van Noy, following the Dolphins’ lead, he has registered 11 sacks over the past two seasons. Van Noy, 31, also has forced eight fumbles over the past three. He became a key part of three Patriots Super Bowl defenses and parlayed that production into a four-year, $51MM deal with the Dolphins.
This Bolts pact will not approach that value and will likely come in below the two-year, $13.2MM deal he inked with the Pats last year. But it represents another opportunity for the veteran defender, and on a team that has added the likes of Khalil Mack, J.C. Jackson, Sebastian Joseph-Day and Bryce Callahan to its defense over the past several weeks.
New England elevated Van Noy’s value considerably, acquiring him via trade from Detroit in 2016. Bill Belichick found a spot for a player who became one of the league’s more versatile linebackers. Van Noy has 26.5 sacks over the past five seasons. For linebackers not strictly used as edge defenders, that total trails only Haason Reddick, who morphed into a pure edge during that span. Van Noy also tallied five playoff sacks during that time. He will have an opportunity to contribute alongside Mack and Joey Bosa while mixing in with linebackers Kenneth Murray and Drue Tranquill. The Bolts lost Kyzir White in free agency this offseason.
Postseason bound for sure, big expectations for Herbert
Great signing to continue a great off-season
It would be nuts if the Broncos finish 4th in that division after adding Wilson, honestly it could happen.
I’d peg the Raiders as fourth after adding Adams, but it may well come down to who has the worst injury luck. That division should have the best worst team of any division.
What’s up with this guy? He cycles through teams left and right yet he performs well on the field. No off-field issues that I have seen. Have there been team chemistry issues or does it all come down to the cost of his services?
Cycles through teams left and right? He spent four years on one and then two years on another. That’s a pretty normal NFL path.
3 years in Detroit, 4 years in New England, 1year with Miami, 1more year with New England and. Ow with the Chargers.
Sorry, that was covid brain. I was thinking of Kwiatkowski, who I think was the next post.
In Van Noy’s case, it’s not the weirdest Patriot path. He started with a team who had no idea how to use him, then New England unlocked him. Then he got overpaid by a bad GM, then New England took him back, but he was fully in the journeyman portion of his career, where he remains until he retires.
Chargers are less relevant that Pasadena JV High field hockey team. Spanos family are insincere trust fund idiots and liars. Karma is why they implode.
Get over it and move on
You are a weird person
Has lost a step. Showed it on second half.
Good locker room guy. Plays hard, often makes very good plays, however has lost a bit talent wise.