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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (LAC)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (LAC)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (LAC)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LAC)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (LAC)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (LAC)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (LAC)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Chargers: B-.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Chargers took Smael Mondon Jr. at the Round 4 slot, roughly 22 spots before his name belonged.

With interior defensive lineman, quarterback and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
They took Olumuyiwa Fashanu at par in pick No. 8, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick40 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
Value said wait; Cooper DeJean in No. 40 says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick72 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A surprising call. With interior defensive lineman, quarterback and other spots still to address, they spent slot 72 on Maason Smith, a DT-EDGE they were not short of.
Pick108 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
A big swing on Smael Mondon Jr. at the 108th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick145 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
They reached into another round for Malachi Moore, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick186 Rnd6 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Zion Tupuola-Fetui at Round 6, Pick 11 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick229 Rnd7 Isaiah Williams
Isaiah Williams in the 229th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.