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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LAC)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (LAC)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (LAC)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (LAC)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LAC)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (LAC)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LAC)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (LAC)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (LAC)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Jaden Shirden Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jaden Shirden
RB Monmouth
Jacob Dobbs Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (LAC)
Jacob Dobbs
LB Holy Cross
Draft Picks Received
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (LAR)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (TEN)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAR)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (LAR)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (ARI)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Jacob Dobbs Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Jacob Dobbs
LB Holy Cross
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Kaimon Rucker
DL-EDGE North Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Steve Avila
OG
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DeAndre Hopkins
WR
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DeVante Parker
WR
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Rhamondre Stevenson
RB
Players traded away
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Austin Ekeler
RB
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Joshua Palmer
WR
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Khalil Mack
EDGE
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Rashawn Slater
OT
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall F
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesF FutureC-
The board had answers; the Chargers had Shirden. Grade: F.

The war room fell hard for Jaden Shirden, and it showed at the 184th pick: 195 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. Little went right, and the F does not pretend otherwise.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it. Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

Bottom line, it will take a lot of luck to make this look better later.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In No. 6 they get a premier pass rusher. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick23 Rnd1 T'Vondre Sweat
In the 23rd pick they get an anchor for the defensive front, reach and all. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick36 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at the Round 2 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick38 Rnd2 Calen Bullock
By-the-book stuff, Calen Bullock at the 38th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick39 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
They let Xavier Worthy come to them and pounced at pick 39. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick55 Rnd2 Javon Foster
They paid sticker price for Javon Foster in pick No. 55, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick70 Rnd3 Byron Murphy II
Good price on Byron Murphy II in pick 70, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick143 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
They jumped the gun on Ben Sinnott, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick160 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ainias Smith. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick163 Rnd5 Hayden Hatten
They left a pile of value on the table to take Hayden Hatten this early at slot 163. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick184 Rnd6 Jaden Shirden
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jaden Shirden well ahead of where he belonged. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick256 Rnd7 Jacob Dobbs
They reached into another round for Jacob Dobbs, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.