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Los Angeles Chargers

Watson should have been long gone. The Chargers pounced, and earned a A-.

by hehe1234 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 0 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

When a board-topper like Nathaniel Watson slides to the Round 7 slot, you do not overthink it, and the Chargers did not. A near-flawless weekend of work, and a A- to cap it.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 32
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a cornerstone up front. A real need, handled.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 60
Malachi Corley in No. 64 lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 84
A straight-up fair deal on Blake Corum at pick No. 81, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.19 · Pick 83 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 79
A clean, defensible pick in the 83rd pick with a little surplus value in Brandon Dorlus. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 81
Nice patience on Kris Abrams-Draine, who had no business lasting to pick 92. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Jalen McMillan · WR · rank 99
No drama and no debate, Jalen McMillan went about where he belonged in slot 100. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Maason Smith · DT · rank 111
Maason Smith in the 110th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.18 · Pick 118 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 122
Theo Johnson at the Round 4 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 114
Matt Goncalves at No. 125 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Kalen King · CB · rank 139
By-the-book stuff, Kalen King at Round 5, Pick 4 squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.19 · Pick 155 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 149
Fair-plus on Luke McCaffrey, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Caedan Wallace · OT · rank 213
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Caedan Wallace at slot 225 is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 212
They barely believed it either: Nathaniel Watson still on the board at pick No. 246. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.33 · Pick 253 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 226
Frank Gore Jr. at the Round 7 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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