CHARGERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers let Jones fall and pounced. Final grade: A-.

by erikcarreau · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 1 steals · 1 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

Somebody in the Round 7 slot was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Chargers sat still while Sheridan Jones, the No. 219 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. Just about everything broke right, and the A- follows.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

The Barrett reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The veteran additions, Jonah Williams chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.32 · Pick 32 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 31
In pick 32 they get a weapon on the perimeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Ladd McConkey · WR · rank 34
A clean, defensible pick in No. 37 with a little surplus value in Ladd McConkey. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 43
Keon Coleman at Round 2, Pick 9 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 67
No edge and no loss on Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the Round 3 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 87
Trey Benson in pick No. 88 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
They took Khyree Jackson at par in the 90th pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 105
They paid sticker price for Zak Zinter in the 105th overall pick, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Maason Smith · DT · rank 111
Maason Smith at slot 110 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 136
Nothing to complain about; Jarrian Jones went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 183
No drama and no debate, Jordan Jefferson went about where he belonged in No. 181. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 205
A straight-up fair deal on Jaylan Ford at Round 6, Pick 27, value and slot in agreement. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 235
They went early on Michael Barrett in slot 225, and the value did not follow. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.33 · Pick 253 · Sheridan Jones · CB · rank 219
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Sheridan Jones in the 253rd overall pick, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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