Chargers News: PFF Insider Calls Cornerback A Need For The Bolts

Could LA use some reinforcement in the secondary?

The Los Angeles Chargers made a huge splash last off-season when they signed Pro-Bowl cornerback J.C. Jackson. 

Jackson was coming off the best season of his career with the New England Patriots and was set to take over the secondary in LA. However, his first season in LA was forgettable and ended early as he ruptured his patellar tendon in Week 7. 

Even when healthy, Jackson didn't look great with the Chargers, and we don't know when and how he'll come back, so that poses the question, should the Chargers draft a cornerback? 

LA Chargers senior writer Eric Smith spoke to Pro Football Focus' Mike Renner and said he believes LA needs to add some secondary reinforcement in the draft. 

"You need to bring in some competition there. I think Samuel is fine, you're happy with him on one side," Renner said. "I just don't think you really have a slot right now, and you would like to add an outside guy too, ideally. It's definitely a position of need."

The Chargers had Asante Samuel Jr and Michael Davis to carry the load, and they did great jobs. Sanuel Jr is only 23 years old, while Davis is 28; however, you could never go wrong with another young cornerback. 

Renner also told Smith that LA could target a CB in the mid-rounds. 

"I'm not opposed to higher than that. I think in this class, it's uniquely suited to target one in the mid rounds," said Renner, who then compared taking a cornerback or a wide receiver.

"[Cornerback is] so deep, whereas wide receiver not so much," Renner added. "I might push them towards wide receiver early, but it could fall to where there's a really good [cornerback] sitting on the board there and you say, 'Let's just take him because he's good.'"

Cornerback will be a need for the Bolts' especially with the status of Jackson in the air.