B+
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.
2024 NFL Draft
· 17 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
The trade table was a mismatch, and the Chargers were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.
On value alone, Corcoran makes the weekend a net positive. The McMillan reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.
The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 24 they get juice off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kalen King. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jalen McMillan. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A tidy little value on Blake Corum in the Round 3 slot, a step better than break-even. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Donovan Edwards at the 105th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
No edge and no loss on Cooper Beebe in pick 112; it is a wash and a sensible one. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Junior Colson in Round 4, Pick 20 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Cole Bishop at the 145th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They took Darius Robinson at par in slot 150, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A straight-up fair deal on Justin Rogers at the 161st overall pick, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They paid sticker price for Jaylen Harrell in Round 6, Pick 8, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Curtis Jacobs in the Round 6 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Steve Linton slipping to No. 198 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board had Turner Corcoran higher than pick No. 220, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Donovan Jennings in pick 226 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
By-the-book stuff, Aaron Frost at the 241st pick squarely in line with his ranking. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Cody Schrader is a better player than pick 247 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.