B
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers robbed the room for Abrams-Draine. Final grade: B.
by muddy ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 2 steals
· 5 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Kris Abrams-Draine slide, and the Chargers were the ones holding the card at Round 5, Pick 6. Highway robbery.
Reaching for Robinson left real value on the table behind him. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer. It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Chargers had louder needs to answer first.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
They reached into another round for Chop Robinson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
T'Vondre Sweat at Round 2, Pick 9 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Jackson Powers-Johnson in the 51st pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They paid a round early for Blake Corum in the Round 3 slot, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
A want over a need in pick 83: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while tight end keeps waiting.
Fair-plus on TreVeyon Henderson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Roman Wilson in No. 105 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Steal is underselling it; Kris Abrams-Draine at slot 142 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They did well to land Sam Hartman in the 183rd overall pick, just ahead of his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A premium they did not need to pay, Cody Schrader a notch or two before his time. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.