CHARGERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Los Angeles Chargers

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Chargers and Tampa: D.

by doofart · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 8 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

The Chargers did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and T.J. Tampa fell into pick 139. Too much went sideways, and the D is the honest tally.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

The cost of the Nugent reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Jahan Dotson pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup weapon at tight end. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 18
A cornerback of that caliber at the 37th pick is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 15
They will replay Dallas Turner at Round 2, Pick 6 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · JC Latham · OT · rank 16
They barely believed it either: JC Latham still on the board at pick No. 40. The roster fit checks out.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 53
A slide stopped in No. 67, with Payton Wilson worth more than the price. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Roman Wilson · WR · rank 45
Roman Wilson at pick 101 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 98
They let Leonard Taylor III come to them and pounced at the 106th overall pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 48
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, T.J. Tampa in slot 139, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 202
Drake Nugent in Round 6, Pick 8 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 223
They took Frank Gore Jr. at par in No. 223, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.36 · Pick 256 · Evan Williams · S · rank 243
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Evan Williams at slot 256. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
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