B+
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.
by perneliroot ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 2 steals
· 8 reaches
There is reaching, and then there is Jaylen Harrell at pick No. 155. The Chargers jumped the board by 56 and dared it to prove them wrong.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 7 they get a seam-stretching tight end. A real need, handled.
Graham Barton at the 37th pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board had cheaper options than Zach Frazier at pick 53, and it noticed. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Xavier Worthy in the Round 3 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Circle this one: Caelen Carson at Round 4, Pick 6 is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Jaylen Wright at the 139th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A need, and now a little less of one.
Value said wait; Justin Rogers in the Round 5 slot says they were not listening. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They reached a country mile for Jaylen Harrell at slot 155, and the board is aghast. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A wild overpay on Austin Stogner in the 183rd pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
No edge and no loss on Michael Barrett in pick No. 184; it is a wash and a sensible one. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They reached into another round for Zion Logue, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Isaac Guerendo at the 256th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.