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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (LAC)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (LAC)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LAC)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (LAC)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (LAC)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (ATL)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kaden Elliss
LB
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B+
ValueC NeedA- TradesA+ FutureA
The Chargers worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Chargers did exactly that with Johnny Wilson in the 37th pick. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

That Wilson pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The Kaden Elliss pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In pick 8 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick37 Rnd2 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson at the Round 2 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick69 Rnd3 Blake Corum
A reach on Blake Corum in the 69th pick; the board had better options right there. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick105 Rnd4 Roman Wilson
Roman Wilson at slot 105 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick142 Rnd5 Darius Robinson
A reach for Darius Robinson in No. 142; a little patience would have been rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick183 Rnd6 Sam Hartman
A clean, defensible pick in the 183rd overall pick with a little surplus value in Sam Hartman. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick226 Rnd7 Cody Schrader
They went early on Cody Schrader in Round 7, Pick 6, and the value did not follow. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.