CHARGERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

TD's Forever B

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Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

by perneliroot · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 2 steals · 7 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades D+
Future A

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: DeMonte Capehart, 75 picks early at pick No. 223.

Landing Hopper that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Laiatu Latu · DL-EDGE · rank 7
In pick 20 they get a disruptor off the edge, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Jermaine Burton · WR · rank 48
They paid up for Jermaine Burton at No. 37 when waiting would have done the job. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · Zach Frazier · C · rank 62
They went early on Zach Frazier in the 52nd overall pick, and the value did not follow. It fills a real need, too.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 99
Blake Fisher at Round 3, Pick 5 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 80
Nothing to complain about; Mike Sainristil went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 152
Theo Johnson in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 159
A real head-scratcher, Braelon Allen in pick No. 139 is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 157
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Ty'Ron Hopper in pick 183, plain and simple. A minor itch, scratched.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 298
DeMonte Capehart at No. 223 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.36 · Pick 256 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 275
This one needs a full-page explanation: Isaac Guerendo in the 256th overall pick, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.