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Los Angeles Chargers

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Chargers a B+.

by dboltzz · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 0 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

The war room fell hard for Michael Barrett, and it showed at pick No. 154: 35 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Spending an early pick on linebacker with running back and offensive lineman open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.10 · Pick 10 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 11
In the 10th pick they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.19 · Pick 51 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 56
They paid sticker price for Edgerrin Cooper in No. 51, and that is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 83
A reach on Gabriel Murphy in pick No. 66; the board had better options right there. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 64
A reasonable price with a little left over, Mekhi Wingo in the Round 3 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 71
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Junior Colson at linebacker with running back and offensive lineman open.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 82
They took Josh Newton at par in Round 3, Pick 17, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Nelson Ceaser · DL-EDGE · rank 115
They went early on Nelson Ceaser in slot 106, and the value did not follow. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.19 · Pick 119 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 120
By-the-book stuff, Malik Washington at Round 4, Pick 19 squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 171
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Joe Milton III well ahead of where he belonged. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.18 · Pick 154 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 189
Michael Barrett at the Round 5 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · AJ Barner · TE · rank 203
AJ Barner at No. 183 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 214
Jared Wiley at pick No. 212 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.43 · Pick 218 · Omar Speights · LB · rank 220
Omar Speights in pick 218 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
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