2022 Official Chargers Season Discussion

[Formula 21]

We are a Line of Scrimmage team. Draft accordingly.

[Formula 21]

I’d look at RT in the first this year and try to allocate our #2 for the next 5 years on the IOL and IDL. Keep the lines strong.

[Charge!]

If I'm the GM, I don't need a OT - I already have him on my team

If the second rated CB is available, I'd take him.

I wouldn't use that pick for a WR, may as well use it for a QB. I don't need either of them.

A big time DT would interest me too.

I agree except for the WR part for multiple reasons:

We do need one or 2 speed merchant type WR's to be 4th or 5th WR's and return specialists..... but this is another deep WR draft so no need to draft high....keep Guyton unless we find 2 who are better.... maybe one rookie makes team and one on the practice squad.....

draft is also deep at RB so we should be able to add one or 2 guys to take pressure and abuse off of Ekler...and injury prone jackson....

adding another star young fast CB can only help in this pass oriented NFL and with 4 great QB's in the west..... last years starters at CB were not good and depth was abysmal.... we need at least 4 solid to great CB's to compete....

yes, even though we added 2 solid DT's, and Mack as an edge, it never hurts to add a dominating DT or other pass rusher...can never have too many...

RT is a need, but there may be a possible FA or trade that we can make so that we are not forced to "reach" for a RT who may not be ready yet......That would give TT option of taking BPA.....at 17 or trading down a bit to gain another 2nd or 3rd rounder.....

[Maniaque 6]

Like I said for years, if a Jerry Rice is there at 17, you got to grab him !

[Bolts4ever213]

We went hard on defense so far. No real reason to stop. Sike, we need lineman. The fact that we don’t have a second mean we are probably stuck at 17 with a glaring need. I think we are coaches and the chance for Penning to practice against Bosa and Mack make it that pick.

[Xenos]

[Xenos]

We went hard on defense so far. No real reason to stop. Sike, we need lineman. The fact that we don’t have a second mean we are probably stuck at 17 with a glaring need. I think we are coaches and the chance for Penning to practice against Bosa and Mack make it that pick.

Don’t just draft Penning because he’s a need. If he’s the right guy for our team then fine. But I would try to trade down first, or draft an OG and move Feiler to RT before reaching again. We have options even without an RT in FA.

[Eurobolt]

Don’t just draft Penning because he’s a need. If he’s the right guy for our team then fine. But I would try to trade down first, or draft an OG and move Feiler to RT before reaching again. We have options even without an RT in FA.

How do you know that Feiler will work as RT?

I spoke with Steelers diehard last year who said he is not this good as a tackle but a steal as IOL.

Please share with us why do you want to break left side of just repaired line in order to one big "?".

[Boltinloudguy]

I think DE/OLB Benson Mayowa would be a good depth piece for a year. He’s had success as a rotational pass rusher. He will definitely be on the cheap, along with ILB Kenny Young. I would try and sign Young to a multi year deal though since he’s younger.

[Guest]

While his play wasn't perfect, in his 2 games last year he seemed a lot more confident and patient. You have to account for the possibility he turned the corner mentally. The coaches will know this better than us.

Putting Pipkins at the end of the depth chart and really working on his development may have been the plan all along.

I disagree. You have to account for the probability that he has not turned the corner. If Pipkins has turned the corner, then great, we have our swing tackle. But what we should never do is to assume that Pipkins has it covered and then have nobody to start at RT without disrupting LG.

We definitely need to draft a RT this year just like we had to draft a QB in 2004 after three years of Brees generally sucking. We need to avoid overthinking this. We need to avoid upsetting the top level performing middle/left side of our OL. That part is not broken, so we need not to tinker with it. The Slater-Feiler-Linsley combination worked very well together, so let's not get cute and screw it up here.

[Guest]

I hope Scott isn’t the new punter.

Can't be. He could not even win a job last year.

[Guest]

Mack would be solid. I’m hoping for Devontae Booker. Learned two different schemes the last two years and average 4 YPC behind 2 weak olines in the Raiders and Giants. Also had 40 catches last year.

Not sure Mack would be all that solid at this point. He got on the field for all of 5 carries in 2021, getting beaten out by the likes of an UDFA like Deon Jackson.