B
Los Angeles Chargers
The Chargers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.
by perneliroot ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 2 steals
· 7 reaches
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
In pick 20 they get a disruptor off the edge, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
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.
They went early on Zach Frazier in the 52nd overall pick, and the value did not follow. It fills a real need, too.
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.
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.
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.
A real head-scratcher, Braelon Allen in pick No. 139 is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Ty'Ron Hopper in pick 183, plain and simple. A minor itch, scratched.
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.
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.
