B+
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers turned the phones into found money: B+.
by timroot1966 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 2 steals
· 5 reaches
The Chargers torched the value chart for DeMonte Capehart, taking him 75 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. The Green value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
No edge and no loss on Brock Bowers in pick No. 7; it is a wash and a sensible one. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Quinyon Mitchell in the 37th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Amarius Mims at the Round 2 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They paid sticker price for Brenden Rice in slot 69, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Drake Nugent in Round 4, Pick 7 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Braelon Allen this early at pick 139. The roster fit checks out.
They barely believed it either: Renardo Green still on the board at Round 6, Pick 9. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Curtis Jacobs. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
DeMonte Capehart in No. 223 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A real head-scratcher, J.J. Weaver in pick No. 225 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Value said wait; Isaac Guerendo in pick 256 says they were not listening. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.