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Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (LAC)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (LAC)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (LAC)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (LAC)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Chase Lundt Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (LAC)
Chase Lundt
OT UConn
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (LAC)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LAC)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Jason Marshall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (LAC)
Jason Marshall Jr.
CB Florida
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Chargers and Allen: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: LeQuint Allen, the 253rd overall pick, roughly 119 picks past where he belonged. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Job largely done: interior defensive lineman settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Matthew Golden
In No. 22 they get a difference-maker at receiver, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick55 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
Somehow Derrick Harmon was still sitting there in pick No. 55, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick86 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
They robbed the room for TreVeyon Henderson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick124 Rnd4 Lathan Ransom
Circle this one: Lathan Ransom at the Round 4 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick159 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
Mello Dotson in the 159th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick177 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in slot 177 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick183 Rnd6 Chase Lundt
Chase Lundt at pick 183 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick201 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues at the 201st pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick215 Rnd6 Hayden Conner
A quiet steal in slot 215: Hayden Conner for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jason Marshall Jr.
You do not let a cornerback like Jason Marshall Jr. reach the 220th overall pick and blink. They did not. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick253 Rnd7 LeQuint Allen
They barely believed it either: LeQuint Allen still on the board at No. 253. The roster fit checks out.