CHARGERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a D+.

by Bobbo · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future A

Somebody took the Chargers to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it.

Everything downstream of Jayden Daniels depends on Jayden Daniels, and the building knows it. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

It is not that Solomon is a bad player; it is that the Chargers had louder needs to answer first. Abrams-Draine falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.1 · Pick 1 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 1
In pick No. 1 they get a true top target at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.5 · Pick 5 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In the 5th pick they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.10 · Pick 10 · Laiatu Latu · DL-EDGE · rank 7
In pick 10 they get a double-digit-sack hope. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.18 · Pick 18 · JC Latham · OT · rank 18
In Round 1, Pick 18 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A real need, handled.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 44
No edge and no loss on Kris Jenkins in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 65
They did well to land Payton Wilson in the 69th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 74
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Haynes. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 108
A want over a need in No. 106: Javon Solomon adds an OLB-EDGE while interior defensive lineman and tight end keeps waiting.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 120
Malik Washington at the 116th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 122
A tidy bit of business in Round 5, Pick 3, where Kris Abrams-Draine graded well above the range. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · Isaiah Davis · RB · rank 190
Isaiah Davis at slot 183 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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