CHARGERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C-

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Los Angeles Chargers

The Chargers bled value on every deal, hence the C-.

by TheUltimateCharge · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 10 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Chargers took Michael Barrett at the 131st overall pick, roughly 87 spots before his name belonged. Call it a C- and check back in two years.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Quantity was the play, for better or worse.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
In the 5th pick they get a security blanket over the middle. A real need, handled.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 47
They went early on Kris Jenkins in slot 37, and the value did not follow. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 86
Blake Corum at pick 69 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Renardo Green · S · rank 112
A reach for Renardo Green in pick No. 103; a little patience would have been rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 149
Jarrian Jones at No. 105 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 218
A real head-scratcher, Michael Barrett in the 131st overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A minor itch, scratched.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Cornelius Johnson · WR · rank 187
They reached a country mile for Cornelius Johnson at Round 5, Pick 4, and the board is aghast. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 203
They reached into another round for Drake Nugent, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 199
Joe Milton III in the 181st pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.36 · Pick 211 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 224
Frank Gore Jr. in No. 211 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · J.J. Weaver · LB-EDGE · rank 311
J.J. Weaver at slot 225 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.33 · Pick 253 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 246
LaDarius Henderson in pick No. 253 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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