2021 Draft Discussion - Bolts Pick 13th

[Boltnut]

Wait.
This is impossible.
Why you making me do this shit ?
This is impossible.
I am not a Russian bot.

LOL! You're a good guy Wood...

[Boltnut]

Yes. I’d even trade a 2022 1st.

Who wood that be...?

[Boltnut]

Darrisaw's inconsistency remains the big problem.

Well, that inconsistency led to zero sacks last year... and 7.7 ypc to his gap... that's the kind of [in]consistency I want at LT.

[powderblueboy]

Does anyone know which first round prospects with whom the Chargers have met?

Jaycee Horn, Micah Parsons, & who else?

Chargers with Telesco as GM have only drafted one player with their first pick without a meeting.

The 2nd round & later generally no....except with the Division II players.

[Parcells]

I just found out that Walker Little and Jaylen Waddle were high school teammates. I could live with reuniting them as Chargers.

[like54ninjas]

Your mock is a perfect mock.
You must be feeing lucky today.
Penei @#13 ?
Sure. Why not ?
PFF just gave me an A+ on that.
Hey, he was there.
I've gotta take a look at Brandon Stephens.

imp:

Unlikely Sewell is there but not impossible so my mock has a slim chance. I still like trading up for Penei as the best option to secure the long term health and success of JH10.

Stephens is a former RB (UCLA) turned PCB (SMU). Big, fast, really athletic, and has 20+ PBUs in his only 2 seasons playing CB. Needs a lot of coaching with technique/fundamentals but I think he offers complete DB (PCB, NCB, DS, STAR) flexibility with his size, athletic profile, and upside while giving ST value early. He’ll probably go round 4/5 but since no one is talking about him I slide him in late.

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Brandon Stephens, DS #32 CB, Southern Methodist

Name: Brandon Stephens (Transfer from UCLA) College: Southern Methodist Number: 23 Height: 6-1 Weight: 213 Position: CB Pos2: FS/KR Class/Draft Year: Sr/2021 40 Low: 4.38 40 Time: 4.44 40 High: 4.50 Projected Round: Stock:

Combine Results		Pro Day Results
Combine Invite: Yes Height: 6001 Weight: 213 Zybek PD3X AKA "Official" 40 Yard Dash (ET): 40 Yard Dash (HH): 20 Yard (ET): 20 Yard (HH): 10 Yard (ET): 10 Yard (HH):	225 Lb. Bench Reps: Vertical Jump: Broad Jump: 20 Yrd Shuttle: 3-Cone Drill:	Dates: 03/25/21 Hand: 09 3/4 Arm: 32 Wingspan: 76 3/4 Height: 6001 Weight: 213 40 Yrd Dash: 4.44 20 Yrd Dash: 2.57 10 Yrd Dash: 1.62	225 Lb. Bench Reps: 19 Vertical Jump: 38 Broad Jump: 10'07" 20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.29 3-Cone Drill: 6.99 40 Time Range: 4.44-Ran Once-Choice/Projected 4.57/-6 LBs

[Fleet]

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[Boltnut]

Does anyone know which first round prospects with whom the Chargers have met?

Jaycee Horn, Micah Parsons, & who else?

Chargers with Telesco as GM have only drafted one player with their first pick without a meeting.

The 2nd round & later generally no....except with the Division II players.

KJ Costello.

Asante Samuel jr twice.

"Conversations" with Penei Sewell.

[dmac_bolt]

Mike Tyson was a great boxer with short arms. OLT with short arms better be Mike friggin Tyson.

Mike Tyson got knocked out by a no-name tomato can, was pounded into resorting to ear mutilation as a defense strategy by a middle weight, went to jail for rape, tattooed his face and bought a lion.

Not the story of greatness

[Guest]

Teo was considered a first rounder at one point. I didn’t like his weird history and the fact that we traded up for him. But when he was healthy, which wasn’t often unfortunately, I thought he played really well. The 2014 Patriots game would have been his coming out party if we had won.

Edit: I liked the Tranquil pick much more.

Yeah, I can't agree about Te'o. He was injured frequently and was as slow as molasses on the field for us when he did play. Just not a good NFL player at all. After playing for us, he was a regular healthy inactive for the Saints and a practice squad player for the Bears. His career production has come nowhere close to living up to the value of the #38 overall player. He was a bust for us.

[Guest]

The case for Waddle.

DEN has top 3 secondary now.
LVR will draft elite pass rusher to go with Yannick and Crosby.
KC must always be outscored.

Waddle is an upgrade at WR/KR.
It is not always about PON.

In a perfect world it should be about BPA. But we lack starting caliber players at LT, CB and FS. I see Adderley as being no better than Pipkins and just as likely (not at all) to miraculously transform himself into a legitimate NFL starter.

So while Waddle is an upgrade, we already have a good set of WRs for the moment and the cost of taking Waddle means that absent acquiring additional picks or signing a free agent (Sherman, Hooker, etc.), we are needing to get starters at all three positions with a second round pick and two third round picks. We also need additional DL and OLB depth and could benefit from selecting an additional OG.

I think Parsons and Pitts are worth that kind of risk, but I am not sure that Waddle is, though I think he is a good WR.

[Guest]

If he were a complete road grader he wouldn't be moving around to teams as he has.

I don't have a problem with Fluker but he has long arms and I use him as an example of having long arms isn't the #1 thing to being a good OT while others with shorter arms have done well.

Is anybody suggesting that arm length is the #1 thing to being a good NFL OT?

The player needs to be a good OL player, obviously, but also should, in most cases, have 34+" arms. Again, the list of top OT players is littered with guys that have 34+" arms. It is one thing matters, but not anywhere close to being the only thing that matters.