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Draft Selections
Jeremiah Smith Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LAC)
Jeremiah Smith
WR Ohio State
Leonard Moore Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (LAC)
Leonard Moore
CB Notre Dame
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (LAC)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
David Stone Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (LAC)
David Stone
DT Oklahoma
Rasheem Biles Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LAC)
Rasheem Biles
LB Texas
LJ Martin Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (LAC)
LJ Martin
RB BYU
DJ Vonnahme Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (LAC)
DJ Vonnahme
TE Iowa
Bryce Hawthorne Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (LAC)
Bryce Hawthorne
DT Iowa
Cam Buffington Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LAC)
Cam Buffington
LB Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Leonard Moore Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Leonard Moore
CB Notre Dame
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (WSH)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Rasheem Biles Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Rasheem Biles
LB Texas
DJ Vonnahme Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (NE)
DJ Vonnahme
TE Iowa
Bryce Hawthorne Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (NYG)
Bryce Hawthorne
DT Iowa
Cam Buffington Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
Cam Buffington
LB Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (DAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Nick Marsh Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (DAL)
Nick Marsh
WR Indiana
Whit Weeks Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DET)
Whit Weeks
LB LSU
OJ Frederique Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CHI)
OJ Frederique Jr.
CB Miami
Cade Uluave Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (ARI)
Cade Uluave
LB BYU
Coleton Price Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (ARI)
Coleton Price
C Kentucky
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Brock Bowers
TE
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Maxx Crosby
DE
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Jahmyr Gibbs
RB
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Christian Gonzalez
CB
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Wanya Morris
OT
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Odafe Oweh
LB
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Penei Sewell
OT
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Jeffery Simmons
DT
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Joe Tippmann
C
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Garrett Wilson
WR
Players traded away
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Justin Herbert
QB
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall D-
ValueB NeedC+ TradesF FutureB
A franchise passer in Manning headlines a D- weekend for the Chargers.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Chargers shredded theirs for Cam Buffington. He came off 42 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. So much rides on Arch Manning that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. The Biles pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher still on the board.

On value alone, Stone makes the weekend a net positive. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Jeremiah Smith
In pick 1 they get a matchup problem out wide. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick4 Rnd1 Leonard Moore
In pick No. 4 they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. More want than need.
Pick7 Rnd1 Arch Manning
In the 7th overall pick they get a long-term answer under center. Need was not the driver here.
Pick37 Rnd2 Kade Pieper
Kade Pieper at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick65 Rnd3 David Stone
The board fumbled David Stone all the way to Round 3, Pick 1, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick68 Rnd3 Rasheem Biles
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 68th pick on Rasheem Biles with edge rusher unsolved.
Pick102 Rnd4 LJ Martin
LJ Martin in No. 102 is fair value, right on his grade. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick167 Rnd5 DJ Vonnahme
DJ Vonnahme in the 167th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick205 Rnd6 Bryce Hawthorne
Bryce Hawthorne in the 205th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick222 Rnd7 Cam Buffington
A real head-scratcher, Cam Buffington in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. Where it fits the depth chart is the real question.