B-
Los Angeles Chargers
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Chargers: B-.
by Bigbub ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 5 picks
· 2 steals
· 1 reaches
There is a lot to like until you notice edge rusher is still a hole. The Chargers never got to the one that mattered most.
Getting Pregnon where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. Every board in the league had Caldwell lower, and that gap is the story.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Olaivavega Ioane. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Emmanuel Pregnon in the 55th overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Jacob Rodriguez slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Nothing to complain about; Bishop Fitzgerald went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They liked Jeff Caldwell enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 204. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
