B-
Los Angeles Chargers
The phones sank the Chargers this weekend: B-.
by DBoltzz2024 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 0 steals
· 4 reaches
The Chargers lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.
The Speights reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 16 they get a press-man option on the boundary. The biggest hole, addressed.
They took Chop Robinson at par in the 37th pick, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Zach Frazier at the 69th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It fills a real need, too.
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brenden Rice. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Audric Estime in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
LaDarius Henderson in Round 5, Pick 6 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Omar Speights at pick 183 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Carson Steele at No. 226 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.