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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (LAC)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (LAC)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LAC)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LAC)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Trey Knox Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (LAC)
Trey Knox
TE South Carolina
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (LAC)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (LAC)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (MIN)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Players Gained
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Garrett Bradbury
C
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Nick McCloud
CB
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB+
The Chargers worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.

Whoever sat across the table from the Chargers should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend. This is how you run a draft, and the A- reflects it.

Bullock at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

The veteran additions, Garrett Bradbury chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not. The cost of the Amegadjie reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In the Round 1 slot they get a double-digit-sack hope. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick37 Rnd2 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at pick 37 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick47 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
A reach on Kiran Amegadjie in slot 47; the board had better options right there. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick69 Rnd3 Calen Bullock
They read the board right and Calen Bullock was the payoff at the 69th overall pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick108 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
A clean, defensible pick in No. 108 with a little surplus value in Matt Goncalves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick142 Rnd5 Cam Hart
Nice patience on Cam Hart, who had no business lasting to Round 5, Pick 6. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jacob Cowing
By-the-book stuff, Jacob Cowing at the 179th pick squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick183 Rnd6 Trey Knox
Trey Knox in pick No. 183 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick226 Rnd7 Sheridan Jones
A slide stopped in Round 7, Pick 6, with Sheridan Jones worth more than the price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick230 Rnd7 Steele Chambers
Steele Chambers slipping to pick No. 230 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A minor need, but a need all the same.