B
Los Angeles Chargers
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Chargers.
by RG ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 3 steals
· 8 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Sam Hartman, 59 picks early at pick No. 200.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Jackson. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.
They went 8 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 14 they get a long-term starter on the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Brian Thomas Jr. slid further than he should have, and No. 37 is lovely value for the wide receiver. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Junior Colson at the 43rd pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
By-the-book stuff, Kris Jenkins at pick 44 squarely in line with his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for MarShawn Lloyd. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board had Khyree Jackson higher than the 105th overall pick, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Kitan Oladapo in Round 4, Pick 24 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Jordan Jefferson at the Round 5 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Jared Wiley in pick No. 176 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They reached a country mile for Drake Nugent at pick 181, and the board is aghast. The roster fit checks out.
Sam Hartman at the 200th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It fills a real need, too.
No drama and no debate, Nathaniel Watson went about where he belonged in slot 208. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Garret Greenfield at No. 225 is the proof. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jalen Coker well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.