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Los Angeles Chargers
The phones sank the Chargers this weekend: C.
by DBoltzz2024 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 0 steals
· 4 reaches
The Jared Wiley selection is the head-turner. The Chargers reached 30 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.
If Rome Odunze and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 7 they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A tidy little value on Kamren Kinchens in the 37th pick, a step better than break-even. A minor itch, scratched.
A straight-up fair deal on Kris Jenkins at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Junior Colson. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A wild overpay on MarShawn Lloyd in No. 106, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Braelon Allen in the 139th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They took Michael Barrett at par in pick No. 183, which is nothing to complain about. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jared Wiley this early at the Round 6 slot. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value said wait; Xavier Thomas in the 256th overall pick says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.