Mudwhistle'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (LAC)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (LAC)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (LAC)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (LAC)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (LAC)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (LAC)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LAC)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (LAC)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (LAC)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (LAC)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Sanders should have been long gone. The Chargers pounced, and earned a B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Raheim Sanders got past him. The Chargers do not have to explain a thing at No. 252. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The cost of the McCoy reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 25th pick they get a load in the middle. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren in the Round 2 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jake Majors
No drama and no debate, Jake Majors went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 25. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick126 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
A safety of that caliber at slot 126 is the definition of value, full stop. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick160 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo in No. 160 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick180 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. in pick 180 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick200 Rnd6 Jalen Travis
Jalen Travis at pick No. 200 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick208 Rnd6 Xavier Nwankpa
The board fumbled Xavier Nwankpa all the way to the 208th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick213 Rnd6 Bru McCoy
They talked themselves into Bru McCoy at Round 6, Pick 38, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick218 Rnd7 Eli Stowers
Eli Stowers at the 218th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick252 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
Taking Raheim Sanders in slot 252 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.