Chargers News: Why LA May Have Hardest Decision In Entire First Round Of Draft
The Los Angeles Chargers' new brain trust of head coach Jim Harbaugh and general manager Joe Hortiz have a variety of options ahead of them for this month's NFL draft. The team currently possesses nine picks this year, starting with the fifth pick in the first round. While star quarterbacks Caleb Williams of USC, Drake Maye of North Carolina and Jayden Daniels of LSU seem likely to be off the board, another talented signal caller, Jim Harbaugh's old Michigan Wolverines pal J.J. McCarthy, will still be available, should the team want a bit of Justin Herbert insurance. It seems more likely that a wide receiver like LSU's Malik Nabers, OSU's Marvin Harrison Jr. and Washington's Rome Odunze would be a more sensible target, should Los Angeles retain its No. 5 overall pick.
But whether or not the Bolts actually do that, and avoid trading down, is anybody's guess.
During a recent broadcast, NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah revealed why he thinks the Chargers have perhaps the most challenging first round decisions to make of any team.
"I'm gonna go with the Chargers [as having the toughest day-one decision to make in the draft], just because [of] where they're positioned, they're have the fifth pick," Jeremiah said. "We could see four quarterbacks go, if we see a trade we could see that happen, they'd have everybody else in the draft available to them. And then you think about Justin Herbert -- how do we best serve him? Do we do it by going out and getting a passing game weapon, to replace what you lost in Keenan Allen and Mike Williams? Do you fortify that offensive line, something that Jim Harbaugh and his staff [have] been talking a whole lot about, or do you trade back and get resources now that you've paid Justin Herbert knowing you need to make the most of your dollars and get as many picks as you can?"
