Easton Stick ends Chargers tenure to join crowded QB room in NFC

After a troubling preseason campaign last year in which he threw one touchdown and three interceptions, the LA Chargers knew Easton Stick couldn't remain Justin Herbert's primary backup. A 2025 seventh-round pick was promptly exchanged for then-Falcons' backup Taylor Heinicke to serve as LA's QB2. Stick then spent most of the 2024 season as the emergency third quarterback. It was clear that the era with him as the primary backup to Justin Herbert had ended. The Chargers' first quarterback move this offseason was to re-sign backup Taylor Heinicke to a one year deal. At that point, the probability of a Stick return to LA dwindled. Most recently, the Chargers signed their QB3 in Trey Lance. If the door was slightly open to a Stick return before then, Lance's signing slammed it shut. While Heinicke came out west from Atlanta, Stick is officially now doing the opposite. The former Chargers' vet backup since 2019 has been signed by the Falcons. He joins a quarterback room that includes the likes of Michael Penix,