F
Los Angeles Chargers
A passer of the future in Daniels, and a F, for the Chargers.
by DutchNugget ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 6 steals
· 8 reaches
The Chargers bet big and early on Jacob Dobbs, 188 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. A F, plain and simple.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. Whatever Jayden Daniels becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. The Worthy steal is the beam this whole class leans on.
It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.
Bottom line, it will take a lot of luck to make this look better later.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 1 they get a true top target. The biggest hole, addressed.
They paid sticker price for Malik Nabers in Round 1, Pick 5, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
In slot 8 they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. A real need, handled.
In the 10th overall pick they get a ballhawk on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
The board fumbled JC Latham all the way to the 36th pick, and they scooped it up. It fills a real need, too.
Jonathon Brooks at pick No. 37 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Xavier Worthy in Round 3, Pick 4 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They robbed the room for Javon Foster here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tyler Batty in No. 100, miles early. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They went early on Junior Colson in the Round 4 slot, and the value did not follow. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and James Williams at slot 145 is the proof. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Ainias Smith in the 186th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They reached a country mile for J.J. Weaver at pick 214, and the board is aghast. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Value with a capital V on Ricky Pearsall in the 216th overall pick, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Jacob Dobbs at the 218th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jayson Jones. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Trey Knox well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They talked themselves into Isaiah Davis at the 256th overall pick, and the board did not agree. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.