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Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers let Allen fall into their laps, and walked away with a A-.
by Kanaworms ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 7 steals
· 0 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Braelon Allen, the No. 159 name on the board, stolen at Round 7, Pick 3.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.
Trust the process, because this time the process plainly worked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get an island corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
They let Brian Thomas Jr. come to them and pounced at the 37th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Circle this one: Calen Bullock at the 69th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Haynes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
You do not let a linebacker like Payton Wilson reach pick No. 83 and blink. They did not. A minor itch, scratched.
Michael Hall Jr. at slot 106 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Will Shipley at pick 139 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A quiet steal in Round 6, Pick 8: LaDarius Henderson for less than the market said. The roster fit checks out.
They barely believed it either: Braelon Allen still on the board at the Round 7 slot. It fills a real need, too.
The board fumbled Myles Jones all the way to the 256th overall pick, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.