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Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (LAC)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (LAC)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LAC)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (LAC)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Anthony Gould Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (LAC)
Anthony Gould
WR Oregon State
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Darius Muasau Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (LAC)
Darius Muasau
LB UCLA
Draft Picks Received
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Traded
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Chargers.

Nobody had Anthony Gould this high, and it is not close. The Chargers reached 43 spots to get him at the 223rd overall pick.

Melton at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
By-the-book stuff, Brock Bowers at pick No. 5 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick37 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
Chop Robinson in the 37th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick72 Rnd3 Blake Corum
No drama and no debate, Blake Corum went about where he belonged in the Round 3 slot. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick106 Rnd4 Leonard Taylor III
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Leonard Taylor III. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick139 Rnd5 Max Melton
They robbed the room for Max Melton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick183 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford at Round 6, Pick 8 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick223 Rnd7 Anthony Gould
A real head-scratcher, Anthony Gould in the 223rd pick is miles ahead of his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick253 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
Taulia Tagovailoa at pick No. 253 is money in the bank, a quarterback taken below his worth. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick256 Rnd7 Darius Muasau
Darius Muasau in the 256th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.