C
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers let Williams fall into their laps, and walked away with a C.
by 0987 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 20 picks
· 6 steals
· 1 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Isaiah Williams, the No. 180 name on the board, stolen at No. 212.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The Estime reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.
Call it incomplete, and check back in a couple of seasons.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 29 they get protection for the quarterback at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Ja'Tavion Sanders in the 37th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A straight-up fair deal on Austin Booker at slot 61, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Xavier Worthy at pick 66 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Sedrick Van Pran in No. 69 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
By-the-book stuff, Mike Sainristil at the 71st overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Devontez Walker in the Round 3 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They paid a round early for Audric Estime in pick No. 96, more than the board wanted. A need, and now a little less of one.
They paid sticker price for Cam Hart in slot 104, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 4 slot with a little surplus value in Zak Zinter. The roster fit checks out.
Mekhi Wingo at No. 114 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A tidy little value on Elijah Jones in the 122nd overall pick, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Chau Smith-Wade at Round 5, Pick 2. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
No drama and no debate, Anthony Gould went about where he belonged in pick No. 140. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Roger Rosengarten at the 153rd pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
The board had Tommy Eichenberg higher than pick 162, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Steal is underselling it; Sione Vaki at No. 181 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jordan Jefferson. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They barely believed it either: Isaiah Williams still on the board at the Round 6 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Javontae Jean-Baptiste in Round 7, Pick 1 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.