B
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.
by Boke ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
The tape said wait; the Chargers did not. Jaylen Harrell went at Round 6, Pick 5, a good 41 picks before the board was ready. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.
Getting Mims where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 15 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Value with a capital V on Terrion Arnold in the Round 2 slot, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Amarius Mims at the 46th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A quiet steal in Round 3, Pick 5: Malachi Corley for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Blake Corum in slot 104 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Johnny Wilson at pick No. 139 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Value said wait; Jaylen Harrell in Round 6, Pick 5 says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good price on Michael Barrett in slot 225, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
No drama and no debate, Ryan Watts went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.