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Los Angeles Chargers

Larceny in slot 225 lands the Chargers a B, Laube and all.

by Hehe12341234 · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 14 steals · 0 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

When a board-topper like Dylan Laube slides to the 225th pick, you do not overthink it, and the Chargers did not.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.31 · Pick 31 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 32
In slot 31 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Jer'Zhan Newton · DL · rank 12
Jer'Zhan Newton in the 37th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · DJ James · CB · rank 53
DJ James at No. 63 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jermaine Burton · WR · rank 56
Nice patience on Jermaine Burton, who had no business lasting to Round 3, Pick 5. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Austin Booker · DE-EDGE · rank 78
Austin Booker at the 105th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 91
A running back of that caliber at pick No. 110 is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 90
Javon Baker at pick 124 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 119
Somehow Javon Foster was still sitting there in the Round 5 slot, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.13 · Pick 149 · James Williams · LB · rank 124
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, James Williams in the 149th pick, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R6.1 · Pick 176 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 121
Steal is underselling it; Josh Newton at No. 176 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Anthony Gould · WR · rank 142
They robbed the room for Anthony Gould here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Dylan Laube · RB · rank 157
Dylan Laube at pick 225 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.17 · Pick 237 · Jha'Quan Jackson · WR · rank 178
They will replay Jha'Quan Jackson at slot 237 for years; that is how good the value is. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.33 · Pick 253 · Justin Rogers · DL · rank 193
Circle this one: Justin Rogers at the 253rd overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.36 · Pick 256 · Kendall Milton · RB · rank 201
The board fumbled Kendall Milton all the way to pick No. 256, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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