B-
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.
by muddy ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 0 steals
· 2 reaches
Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Chargers spent Round 5, Pick 6 on Cody Schrader, a name the board had a full 96 spots lower.
The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 5 they get a matchup weapon at tight end at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
They paid sticker price for Chop Robinson in pick No. 37, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Jackson Powers-Johnson at the 69th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A straight-up fair deal on Cooper Beebe at the 105th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Cody Schrader in pick 142 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 6 slot with a little surplus value in Sam Hartman. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Carson Steele at slot 227 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.