CHARGERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers let Williams fall into their laps, and walked away with a D-.

by Diet · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

The trade table was where it all came apart. The Chargers shipped out far more than they hauled back, and no amount of spin dresses up the bill.

They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They banked enough surplus on Williams to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, interior defensive lineman very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
Brock Bowers at the Round 1 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 23
A quiet steal in pick No. 37: Keon Coleman for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · D.J. James · CB · rank 64
They did well to land D.J. James in slot 69, just ahead of his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Ricky Pearsall · WR · rank 73
They will replay Ricky Pearsall at Round 4, Pick 5 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.22 · Pick 158 · Edefuan Ulofoshio · LB · rank 156
They paid sticker price for Edefuan Ulofoshio in pick 158, and that is fine. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Grayson Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 168
No edge and no loss on Grayson Murphy in the 169th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · Nathan Thomas · OT · rank 176
Nathan Thomas at the 183rd pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 158
Jaylen Wright at pick No. 186 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.24 · Pick 199 · Jalen Berger · RB · rank 206
Jalen Berger in No. 199 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Ethan Driskell · OT · rank 186
They barely believed it either: Ethan Driskell still on the board at pick 226. It fills a real need, too.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Isaiah Williams · WR · rank 198
Isaiah Williams at Round 7, Pick 22 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.33 · Pick 253 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 251
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Eric Gentry. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
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