CHARGERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D.

by Boltzy_55 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future B

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Chargers, and the value they bled adds up to real damage.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Chargers indulged a want in Smith while a need in edge rusher and interior defensive lineman stayed open.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In the 5th pick they get a No. 1 receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 28
Troy Fautanu is a better player than pick No. 37 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Caelen Carson · CB · rank 67
Caelen Carson in the 69th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.30 · Pick 93 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
A surprising call. With edge rusher and interior defensive lineman still to address, they spent the Round 3 slot on Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE they were not short of.
R3.34 · Pick 97 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 97
Tykee Smith at Round 3, Pick 34 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Max Melton · CB · rank 111
Max Melton at slot 109 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 128
Nothing to complain about; MarShawn Lloyd went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.6 · Pick 142 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 138
Ben Sinnott in pick 142 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.36 · Pick 172 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 175
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Curtis Jacobs. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 180
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 6 slot with a little surplus value in Michael Barrett. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Taulia Tagovailoa · QB · rank 220
Taulia Tagovailoa at No. 226 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It fills a real need, too.
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