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Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: F.

by DutchNugget · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 2 steals · 10 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades F
Future F

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Chargers started one anyway for Jacob Dobbs, 220 picks ahead of schedule.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Jayden Daniels is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Pearsall. The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

In the end, a class that has to defy its grades just to matter.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.1 · Pick 1 · Marvin Harrison Jr. · WR · rank 1
In the Round 1 slot they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.5 · Pick 5 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
A straight-up fair deal on Malik Nabers at Round 1, Pick 5, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R1.8 · Pick 8 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In slot 8 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. A real need, handled.
R1.9 · Pick 9 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 10
No edge and no loss on Kool-Aid McKinstry in pick No. 9; it is a wash and a sensible one. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 54
Javon Foster in the 39th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 59
Jonathon Brooks at No. 41 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 83
A reach for Marist Liufau in the Round 3 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 99
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Braelon Allen at pick No. 108. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Ashton Gillotte · DL-EDGE · rank 164
Value said wait; Ashton Gillotte in pick 145 says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Jacob Dobbs · LB · rank 406
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jacob Dobbs this early at the 186th overall pick. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R6.17 · Pick 192 · Jordan Toles · S · rank 337
Jordan Toles at No. 192 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R6.39 · Pick 214 · Reuben Fatheree II · OT · rank 231
They paid a round early for Reuben Fatheree II in the 214th pick, more than the board wanted. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Ricky Pearsall · WR · rank 200
Ricky Pearsall at slot 216 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.43 · Pick 218 · J.J. Weaver · LB-EDGE · rank 241
A swing that ignored the value entirely, J.J. Weaver well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.1 · Pick 221 · Hayden Hatten · WR · rank 275
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Hayden Hatten. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Jayson Jones · DL · rank 369
They reached into another round for Jayson Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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