Austin Ekeler can't stress the importance of an NFL offseason program and organized team activities enough.
The Los Angeles Chargers running back knows all too well how valuable spring and summer repetitions have been to his career.
"I don't know, honestly, if I would have made the team if I didn't have OTAs," said Ekeler, who joined the Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2017 from Western State Colorado. "For me, I needed OTAs to go out there and I'd try 100%, but I needed to go out there and mess up because I went and messed up and I was like, OK, these are the things that I need this next month to go work on.