D
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers cashed the board's mistake on Harden: D.
by Bigdev ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
The phones were a trap the Chargers kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal.
The Harden pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Reaching for Corum left real value on the table behind him.
It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 5 they get a seam-stretching tight end. A real need, handled.
Jordan Morgan at No. 37 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Blake Corum at Round 3, Pick 5 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Fair-plus on Brenden Rice, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A reach for Luke McCaffrey in pick 140; a little patience would have been rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
No edge and no loss on Marist Liufau in the Round 5 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Curtis Jacobs at pick 181 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
A slide stopped in the 228th overall pick, with Keith Randolph Jr. worth more than the price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Value with a capital V on Trevin Wallace in the Round 7 slot, a genuine coup. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Circle this one: Myles Harden at Round 7, Pick 33 is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.