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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (LAC)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (LAC)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (LAC)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (LAC)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (LAC)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Players Gained
Head Shot
Justin Jefferson
WR
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Chargers turned the phones into found money: B+.

The real work happened on the phones. The Chargers fleeced their trade partners, turning their picks into a noticeably bigger pile than they started with. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

The Johnson reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

Worthy falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick37 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
Cooper DeJean slipping to slot 37 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick69 Rnd3 Xavier Worthy
Xavier Worthy slid further than he should have, and Round 3, Pick 5 is lovely value for the wide receiver. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick105 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
A conviction pick on Matt Goncalves at the 105th pick that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick110 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
Nothing to complain about; Braelon Allen went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick140 Rnd5 Dillon Johnson
Dillon Johnson at pick No. 140 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick181 Rnd6 Tanor Bortolini
By-the-book stuff, Tanor Bortolini at the Round 6 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick225 Rnd7 JD Bertrand
Good price on JD Bertrand in pick 225, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick253 Rnd7 LaDarius Henderson
No edge and no loss on LaDarius Henderson in No. 253; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.