B
Los Angeles Chargers
Best value of the weekend goes to the Chargers for Murphy: B.
by jonathanmalloy ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 2 steals
· 2 reaches
Call it larceny. Gabriel Murphy sat on the board until No. 142, and the Chargers did not need to be asked twice. The bottom line is a respectable B.
The cost of the All reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 5th pick they get a go-to option on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
By-the-book stuff, Tyler Guyton at pick 37 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Fair-plus on Javon Bullard, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A minor itch, scratched.
Roman Wilson at Round 4, Pick 5 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Somehow Gabriel Murphy was still sitting there in the 142nd overall pick, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Value said wait; Erick All in slot 183 says they were not listening. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They jumped the gun on Joshua Cephus, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.