Chargers News: Insiders Project 2024 Draft Pick For LA
With the Los Angeles Chargers season over, it's time to start looking ahead to the upcoming NFL Draft. It's never too early to start scouting prospects and projecting who teams will draft.
The Bolts have needs all over the roster this offseason, but it's expected that they could target defense in the early rounds of the draft. However, insiders around the football industry seem to believe that the team will go after offensive help in the first round.
The Bolts do need extra help on the offensive side of the ball, given that Mike Williams will be coming off a brutal injury and Keenan Allen is only locked up for one more year on his contract.
A.J. Schulte of Pro Football Network sees the Bolts taking wide receiver Malik Nabers of LSU.
"Yeah, the Chargers have Keenan Allen and Mike Williams and spent a first-round pick on Quentin Johnston last year. Should that change the math here? Not. One. Bit. Malik Nabers is one of the most explosive receivers to hit the draft in recent years and simply glides across the field. He adds a totally different element to that offense that Justin Herbert really needs."
Nabers would be a home run pickup for the Chargers. He is an explosive receiver, who would easily become one of Justin Herbert's favorite targets.
Hunter Haas of NFL Mocks has the Bolts going with offensive line help in the first.
“The Chargers could go several ways at No. 8 overall, but in today’s mock draft, they choose insurance for Justin Herbert. Taliese Fuaga is a better option at right tackle than Trey Pipkins and will give L.A. building block bookends at offensive tackle.”
The Chargers do need help on the offensive line, and protecting Herbert should be the number one goal for them. LA could easily justify taking a lineman here to help bolster their front.
Others have them taking wide receiver Rome Odunze from Washington, tight end Brock Bowers from Georgia, and cornerback Nate Wiggins from Clemson, among others.
The Chargers have multiple options ahead of them in the coming draft. They have needs everywhere, so they really can't go wrong with their pick.
