B-
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers cashed the board's mistake on Hart: B-.
by swampthing ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
The Chargers did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Cam Hart fell into Round 7, Pick 13.
A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. Nugent has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 12th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A clean fit for the roster.
Jonah Elliss in No. 44 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Chris Braswell at pick 76 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
The board had Max Melton higher than pick No. 112, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Drake Nugent at the Round 5 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Steal is underselling it; Ainias Smith at Round 6, Pick 15 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They will replay Cam Hart at slot 233 for years; that is how good the value is. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.