2022 Official Bolts Draft Superthread

[equivocation]

Why do the Chargers have no secondary depth? Answer above.

If coaches influence draft strategy, we've had some not very good coaches.

[Xenos]

Why do the Chargers have no secondary depth? Answer above.

If coaches influence draft strategy, we've had some not very good coaches.

It would be foolish if the GM didn’t listen to what the HC wants and needs. So yes, I believe all our HC had a big say in who and what they need.

[blueman]

It's a realistic goal. Staley's 2020 LAR 18.5.

We’re signing Donald??

[Leslie Grossman]

Woolen and Asamoah about to rocket up boards with their speed.

[Formula 21]

Why do the Chargers have no secondary depth? Answer above.

If coaches influence draft strategy, we've had some not very good coaches.

I don’t recall corners losing games during the AL era. I remember Lynn losing games during the AL era.

[Fleet 1]

2022 GBN Big Board


March 2, 2022 10:18 AM
Search:

1	Aidan Hutchinson	DE	6-6	269	Michigan	SR
2	Evan Neal	OT	6-7	350	Alabama	JR
3	Ikem Ekwonu	OT	6-4	320	North Carolina State	JR
4	Charles Cross	OT	6-5	310	Mississippi State	RSO
5	Kyle Hamilton	S	6-4	220	Notre Dame	JR
6	Kayvon Thibodeaux	DE	6-5	258	Oregon	JR
7	Derek Stingley	CB	6-1	195	LSU	JR
8	Jermaine Johnson	DE	6-4	259	Florida State	SR+
9	Ahmad Gardner	CB	6-3	200	Cincinnati	JR
10	David Ojabo	DE	6-5	250	Michigan	RSO
11	Drake London	WR	6-5	210	Southern California	JR
12	Kenny Pickett	QB	6-3	217	Pittsburgh	SR+
13	DeMarvin Leal	DT	6-4	290	Texas A&M	JR
14	Travon Walker	DE	6-5	275	Georgia	JR
15	Nakobe Dean	ILB	6-0	225	Georgia	JR
16	Tyler Linderbaum	C	6-3	290	Iowa	JR
17	George Karlaftis	DE	6-4	275	Purdue	JR
18	Jameson Williams	WR	6-2	189	Alabama	JR
19	Trevor Penning	OT	6-7	330	Northern Iowa	SR
20	Devin Lloyd	ILB	6-3	235	Utah	SR
21	Kenyon Green	OG	6-4	325	Texas A&M	JR
22	Malik Willis	QB	6-0	220	Liberty	SR
23	Trent McDuffie	CB	5-11	195	Washington	JR
24	Garrett Wilson	WR	6-0	192	Ohio State	JR
25	Matt Corral	QB	6-2	205	Mississippi	JR
26	Andrew Booth	CB	6-0	195	Clemson	JR
27	Jordan Davis	DT	6-6	340	Georgia	SR
28	Treylon Burks	WR	6-3	225	Arkansas	JR
29	Arnold Ebiketie	OLB	6-2	250	Penn State	SR
30	Devonte Wyatt	DT	6-3	307	Georgia	SR+
31	Chris Olave	WR	6-1	188	Ohio State	SR
32	Boye Mafe	DE	6-4	255	Minnesota	SR
33	Perrion Winfrey	DT	6-4	303	Oklahoma	SR
34	Bernhard Raimann	OT	6-6	304	Central Michigan	SR
35	Isaiah Spiller	RB	6-1	215	Texas A&M	JR
36	Drake Jackson	OLB	6-4	250	Southern California	JR
37	Roger McCreary	CB	5-11	189	Auburn	SR
38	Jahan Dotson	WR	5-11	184	Penn State	SR
39	Tyler Smith	OT	6-6	332	Tulsa	RSO
40	Daxton Hill	S	6-0	192	Michigan	JR
41	Trey McBride	TE	6-3	249	Colorado State	SR
42	Kyler Gordon	CB	6-0	200	Washington	JR
43	Sam Howell	QB	6-0	221	North Carolina	JR
44	Kaiir Elam	CB	6-2	196	Florida	JR
45	Zion Johnson	C	6-3	314	Boston College	SR+
46	Christian Harris	ILB	6-2	232	Alabama	JR
47	Daniel Faalele	OT	6-8	387	Minnesota	SR
48	Kingsley Enagbare	DE	6-4	261	South Carolina	SR
49	Jalen Wydermyer	TE	6-5	255	Texas A&M	JR
50	Desmond Ridder	QB	6-3	207	Cincinnati	SR
51	Leo Chenal	ILB	6-2	255	Wisconsin	JR
52	Travis Jones	DT	6-4	326	Connecticut	JR
53	Logan Hall	DE	6-6	278	Houston	SR
54	Kerby Joseph	S	6-1	200	Illinois	SR
55	Darian Kinnard	OG	6-5	324	Kentucky	SR
56	Phidarian Mathis	DT	6-4	313	Alabama	SR
57	Brandon Smith	OLB	6-3	241	Penn State	JR
58	Carson Strong	QB	6-4	226	Nevada	JR
59	John Metchie	WR	6-0	195	Alabama	JR
60	Cameron Thomas	DE	6-4	264	San Diego State	JR
61	Kenneth Walker	RB	5-10	210	Michigan State	JR
62	Justyn Ross	WR	6-4	205	Clemson	JR
63	Nicholas Petit-Frere	OT	6-5	315	Ohio State	JR
64	Matt Araiza	P	6-2	200	San Diego State	JR
65	Breece Hall	RB	6-1	220	Iowa State	JR
66	George Pickens	WR	6-3	200	Georgia	JR
67	Tariq Woolen	CB	6-3	205	Texas-San Antonio	SR
68	Sean Rhyan	OT	6-5	320	UCLA	JR
69	Derion Kendrick	CB	6-0	202	Georgia	SR
70	Myjai Sanders	DE	6-4	242	Cincinnati	SR
71	Lewis Cine	S	6-1	200	Georgia	JR
72	Isaiah Likely	TE	6-4	241	Coastal Carolina	SR
73	Jamaree Salyer	OG	6-3	320	Georgia	SR
74	Verone McKinley	S	5-11	196	Oregon	JR
75	Dohnovan West	C	6-4	300	Arizona State	JR
76	Channing Tindall	ILB	6-2	223	Georgia	SR
77	Jaquan Brisker	S	6-1	200	Penn State	SR+
78	Nik Bonitto	OLB	6-3	240	Oklahoma	JR
79	Kyren Williams	RB	5-9	199	Notre Dame	RSO
80	Mykael Wright	CB	5-11	178	Oregon	JR
81	David Bell	WR	6-2	205	Purdue	JR
82	Quay Walker	ILB	6-4	240	Georgia	SR
83	Greg Dulcich	TE	6-4	248	UCLA	JR
84	Rasheed Walker	OT	6-6	320	Penn State	JR
85	Mario Goodrich	CB	6-0	186	Clemson	SR
86	Jalyn Armour-Davis	CB	6-1	192	Alabama	JR
87	Chad Muma	ILB	6-2	241	Wyoming	SR
88	Alex Wright	DE	6-7	270	Alabama-Birmingham	JR
89	Cade Mays	OG	6-5	321	Tennessee	SR
90	Sam Williams	OLB	6-3	250	Mississippi	SR+
91	Jeremy Ruckert	TE	6-5	250	Ohio State	SR
92	Marcus Jones	CB	5-8	185	Houston	SR
93	Alec Pierce	WR	6-3	208	Cincinnati	SR
94	Jalen Pitre	S	5-11	196	Baylor	SR
95	Martin Emerson	CB	6-2	200	Mississippi State	JR
96	Jerome Ford	RB	5-11	209	Cincinnati	JR
97	Abraham Lucas	OT	6-6	332	Washington State	SR
98	Josh Jobe	CB	6-1	194	Alabama	SR
99	Thayer Munford	OG	6-6	320	Ohio State	SR+
100	Bubba Bolden	S	6-2	206	Miami	SR

[Formula 21]

The Athletic

Big Receiver Debate of Treylon Burks vs. Drake London: A hog-hunting SEC product or a California car collector?

By Josh Kendall 17m ago
INDIANAPOLIS — In this NFL Draft class packed with wide receivers, the players come broken down into packages.

You’ve got the Ohio State guys (Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave and even Jameson Williams, even though Williams ended his career at Alabama). You’ve got the coming-back-from-injury guys (George Pickens, Justyn Ross and John Metchie). And then you’ve got the Big Guys.

Meet Treylon Burks and Drake London. Burks is 6-foot-3, 230 pounds out of the University of Arkansas. London is 6-5, 212 out of Southern California. In a draft that presents skill sets built for almost any playing-style preference, they represent the top two targets for teams looking to beef up their pass-catching presence.

“We all have our different, distinct, versatile attributes that set us apart from each other,” London said Wednesday as both players made media appearances at the NFL Scouting Combine. “I’m just trying to find that one that sets me apart from everybody else.”

The Athletic’s Dane Brugler ranks Burks and London the second- and third-best receiving prospects in this draft, respectively. Both will be first-round picks barring a major surprise, and they arrived in Indianapolis still trying to shake out in which order they will be selected.

“They are traveling together,” NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah said. “I give Drake London a little bit of an edge because of the route running, and he’s a little more reliable with his hands.”

Jeremiah’s latest mock draft has London being selected at No. 7 by the Giants and Burks at No. 25 by the Bills. Brugler has Burks going 13th to the Browns and London 22nd by the Raiders.

Burks could get a boost Thursday during on-field drills because London is still recovering from an ankle injury and won’t go through drills or run a 40-yard dash until USC’s pro day. Burks wouldn’t predict his 40 time, but a good number could change this debate.

There are differentiators beyond the physical, though. Burks is an Arkansas native whose hobby is hunting wild hogs by hand. London is a California kid and car nut who dreams of buying a 1961 bubble top Chevy Impala with his future NFL earnings. While Burks wants to follow in the recent footsteps of SEC pass-catching products like Deebo Samuel and Ja’Marr Chase and A.J. Brown, London is proud to be continuing a USC pipeline at the position that includes Amon-Ra St. Brown, Michael Pittman Jr. and Nelson Agholor.

USC wide receiver Drake London is known for polished route running and solid hands. (Brian Rothmuller / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

“I feel like being in the SEC has prepared me a lot because of the physicality of the game,” Burks said. “Every Saturday that you play, you are competing against the best. It puts you in the state of the mind that you’re basically playing against a pro every Saturday.”

Burks had eight catches for 179 yards against Alabama last season. In three seasons at Arkansas, he had 146 catches for 2,399 yards, including a 1,104-yard season last year.

“He’s a unique player in the different ways you can get him the ball, line him up in the backfield, get the ball in his hands, run-after-the-catch stuff, he has the edge over London with what he does with the ball in his hands,” Jeremiah said. “Their whole philosophy was just get it to him.”

Despite his lack of route-running polish, Burks believes he’s the best receiver in this year’s class.

“Obviously, everybody who is here is a really good player. It’s just who is going to set themselves apart and go out there and dominate,” he said. “I can play outside receiver, inside receiver, running back. It doesn’t matter. That sets me apart from everybody else.”

His hobby certainly sets him apart. He’s a deer hunter and a fisherman, but his specific interest is hogs, which he and his family hunt with the help of dogs who wear protective vests to keep them from getting gored by a tusk. The pigs are killed by a knife stabbed behind their front leg, Burks said.

“The dogs go out and find them, and we come up behind them and tackle them,” said Burks, who has a tattoo of his first hunting dog on his left arm.

London’s off-the-field time is spent on the basketball court instead of the hunting grounds. He briefly played on the Trojans’ basketball team and has completed a 540-degree slam dunk, he said.

A pass “is just like getting a rebound to me,” he said. “When I see the ball in the air, I’m going to go get it.”

London had 88 catches for 1,084 yards and seven touchdowns last season. His 15 career collegiate touchdowns dwarf Burks’ career total of one.

“With Drake London, you get a more polished route runner at this time, a guy who is asked to run more routes at SC,” Jeremiah said. “He’s got tremendous play strength off the line and unbelievable hands down the field. I’d give him a little bit of an edge in terms of the route running and the hands.”

London dodged the “first receiver picked” question Wednesday.

“It would definitely be special, but I’m just hoping to get picked at the end of the day,” he said. “All of us are pretty versatile in our own ways. I can’t really say who is the best. We all have our different tools. I can’t really pinpoint that right now.”

[electricgold]

I was thinking it may be a good idea to draft a CB with the 2nd round pick. To this way of thinking 1st round RT 2nd round CB. I wonder what CB's will still be on the board when the Chargers pick in the 2nd round. 3 round I would go DT.

Then sign a FA RB & Rams DT. & Dallas cowboys TE.

[Bolt4Knob]

I was thinking it may be a good idea to draft a CB with the 2nd round pick. To this way of thinking 1st round RT 2nd round CB. I wonder what CB's will still be on the board when the Chargers pick in the 2nd round. 3 round I would go DT.

Then sign a FA RB & Rams DT. & Dallas cowboys TE.

Chargers can go so many ways in free agency but I think they should fill the two most important positions of need in free agency. And for me that would be IDL and CB.

Granted, a lot depends on the cost of players and how much say Jones costs if you bring him back or Nwosu or White... How important are White and that position to a Staley defense or is CB more important


free agency = need
draft == talent

[Formula 21]

I was thinking it may be a good idea to draft a CB with the 2nd round pick. To this way of thinking 1st round RT 2nd round CB. I wonder what CB's will still be on the board when the Chargers pick in the 2nd round. 3 round I would go DT.

Then sign a FA RB & Rams DT. & Dallas cowboys TE.

It’s tough to find a quality DT after round 2, CBs are available later though.

[Boltjolt]

It’s tough to find a quality DT after round 2, CBs are available later though.

2 FAs we would like to have are lower round picks. BJ Hill was a 3rd and Sabashian Joseph Day was a 6th.

But Hill wasn't great right away and took some time.

[21&500]

Daniel Jeremiah high on WR Wilson
"play strength"