B+
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.
by jardavis44 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 3 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Chargers would have aced it. Keith Randolph Jr. at Round 4, Pick 6 is 48 spots clear of where he belonged.
McCaffrey at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 7 they get a long-term starter on the line. A real need, handled.
They paid a round early for Ja'Tavion Sanders in pick No. 37, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
Quinyon Mitchell in No. 38 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Marshawn Kneeland at slot 69 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A big swing on Keith Randolph Jr. at the 106th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Audric Estime in the 139th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
You do not let a wide receiver like Luke McCaffrey reach Round 6, Pick 8 and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A tidy little value on Curtis Jacobs in the Round 6 slot, a step better than break-even. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kenny Logan Jr. at the 223rd overall pick is the proof. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Jase McClellan at pick No. 256 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.