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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LAC)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (LAC)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (LAC)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LAC)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (LAC)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (LAC)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (LAC)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (LAC)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LAC)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (LAC)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LAC)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (LAC)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Jaden Shirden Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (LAC)
Jaden Shirden
RB Monmouth
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (LAC)
Kaimon Rucker
DL-EDGE North Carolina
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (LAC)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Jordan Toles Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (LAC)
Jordan Toles
S Morgan State
Jeremiah Walker Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (LAC)
Jeremiah Walker
CB Stephen F. Austin
Jacob Dobbs Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (LAC)
Jacob Dobbs
LB Holy Cross
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (GB)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (JAX)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (TEN)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (GB)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (GB)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (JAX)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (JAX)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Jaden Shirden Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Jaden Shirden
RB Monmouth
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Jordan Toles Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (GB)
Jordan Toles
S Morgan State
Jeremiah Walker Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Jeremiah Walker
CB Stephen F. Austin
Jacob Dobbs Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Jacob Dobbs
LB Holy Cross
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (GB)
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Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Roger McCreary
CB
Players traded away
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Alohi Gilman
S
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Asante Samuel Jr.
CB
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Austin Ekeler
RB
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Derius Davis
WR
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Donald Parham Jr.
TE
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Khalil Mack
EDGE
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Michael Davis
CB
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Rashawn Slater
OT
Draft Grade — Chargers
Overall F
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureF
The Shirden reach set a tone the Chargers could not shake: F.

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 Jaden Shirden in No. 186. There is no dressing it up: a F.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. It is not that Trotter Jr. is a bad player; it is that the Chargers had louder needs to answer first.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

About as rough as a weekend gets on paper, with quarterback still staring back at them.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In the 6th overall pick they get a bendy edge with upside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick19 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In Round 1, Pick 19 they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick22 Rnd1 Edgerrin Cooper
In pick No. 22 they get a green-dot type in the middle, reach and all. Need was not the driver here.
Pick38 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Terrion Arnold in No. 38. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick39 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Jeremiah Trotter Jr. while clear needs at quarterback and offensive lineman sat open.
Pick40 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ja'Tavion Sanders at the Round 2 slot is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick51 Rnd2 Calen Bullock
They took Calen Bullock at par in the 51st overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick70 Rnd3 Byron Murphy II
A straight-up fair deal on Byron Murphy II at pick 70, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick86 Rnd3 Trey Benson
They paid sticker price for Trey Benson in slot 86, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick106 Rnd4 Roman Wilson
Roman Wilson at No. 106 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick113 Rnd4 Howard Cross III
A conviction pick on Howard Cross III at pick No. 113 that the board grades a round light. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick143 Rnd5 Cade Stover
A reasonable price with a little left over, Cade Stover in Round 5, Pick 7. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick184 Rnd6 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith in the Round 6 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick186 Rnd6 Jaden Shirden
They reached a country mile for Jaden Shirden at the 186th pick, and the board is aghast. The roster fit checks out.
Pick227 Rnd7 Kaimon Rucker
Good price on Kaimon Rucker in the 227th overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick229 Rnd7 Hayden Hatten
Hayden Hatten in pick No. 229 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick240 Rnd7 Jordan Toles
Jordan Toles at slot 240 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick255 Rnd7 Jeremiah Walker
Jeremiah Walker at pick 255 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick256 Rnd7 Jacob Dobbs
Jacob Dobbs in the 256th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.