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Tom Telesco announces Melvin Gordon’s contract talks will be postponed

Chargers general manager Tom Telesco announced on Sunday via a conference call that Melvin Gordon would not receiver a new contract until the end of the season, per Adam Schefter of ESPN.

Chargers’ GM Tom Telesco said on a conference call today that any contact extension talks with holdout RB Melvin Gordon will be postponed until after the season.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 1, 2019

This comes a day after it was reported that the Chargers had given Melvin Gordon permission to seek trade partners:

Some potentially big news for the #Chargers: They have given the reps for Melvin Gordon permission to seek a trade, sources say.