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Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A.

by dray4598 · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 8 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The Chargers did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Xavier Legette fell into the 64th pick.

If Sinnott pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Tyler Linderbaum deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

In the end it comes back to Kool-Aid McKinstry, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.5 · Pick 37 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
A cornerback of that caliber at the Round 2 slot is the definition of value, full stop. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 27
They barely believed it either: Xavier Legette still on the board at pick No. 64. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 53
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kiran Amegadjie at slot 69. The roster fit checks out.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 82
They read the board right and Mike Sainristil was the payoff at the 95th pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 143
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ben Sinnott this early at No. 105. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.32 · Pick 132 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 120
Value with a capital V on Kris Abrams-Draine in the Round 4 slot, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.34 · Pick 134 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 127
A clean, defensible pick in Round 4, Pick 34 with a little surplus value in Tommy Eichenberg. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R5.6 · Pick 142 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 133
Will Shipley slipping to pick No. 142 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · McCallan Castles · TE · rank 152
McCallan Castles at the 183rd overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Jordan Magee · LB · rank 202
Steal is underselling it; Jordan Magee at pick 226 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
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