Chargers Thread

Shane.C

Texans first!

Leslie91

Shane.C wrote: »

Texans first!

Oh to have some dosh, we've so many east coast games in easy to get to cities too. I'd love to get to DC and see RG3 in the flesh.

Justin10

MNF too, interesting to see our last three games are division games.

Molly

Danario alexander stays a charger. Was never in doubt as no one would offer much due to his knees. Good job walter football and your 'millen grade'

theRB

DJ Hayden is starting to look really interesting, Mike Mayock has him as one of the top corners in the draft now. If no top O-linemen fall to us at #11 I'd really like to trade down get an extra pick and try to get Hayden. Especially if we were trading down into the early second with a team looking to get Barkley, with a bit of luck there might be a decent tackle there too.

Ronaldinho

Molly wrote: »

Danario alexander stays a charger. Was never in doubt as no one would offer much due to his knees. Good job walter football and your 'millen grade'

Yeah I'm delighted to see I was woefully wrong about how it would play out. I really thought he would garner a decent bit of interest.

Not sure what to expect from the draft. Just hope we don't trade up to grab a LT. Sure we desperately need one but I really don't care if we have another poor season as long as we are moving in the right direction and building a roster that can compete for a Super Bowl. I'm not sure that foregoing draft picks is the way to go about that.

pepperfoot

good idea to start this thread. all the teams have one. lets go Bolts!

Leslie91

pepperfoot wrote: »

good idea to start this thread. all the teams have one. lets go Bolts!

Welcome Pepperfoot!!.

OAOB

Think it's accepted that there won't be a LT at #11. Can't see us getting too many teams trying to trade up either (maybe if the top WRs are still there), there should be value all over the first round. I really want Lotulelei

Justin10

I would trade down for anything half decent to mid 20s then probably again to the late 20s, depending.

Really odd draft this year with no clear indication of how a lot of teams may go.

Leslie91

Jaysus the day has arrived at last. Just saw Mayocks draft he has all bar Warmack gone at 11. I like Warmack but I love Cooper. I'm not sure we go with Star instead if it is a choice between he and Warmack.

OAOB

Leslie91 wrote: »

Jaysus the day has arrived at last. Just saw Mayocks draft he has all bar Warmack gone at 11. I like Warmack but I love Cooper. I'm not sure we go with Star instead if it is a choice between he and Warmack.

Everyone is predicting us taking a guard or else trading up. I hate trading up when we have so many holes.
Warmack is quality and would add a nice mean streak to the line but i can't rate guard as a position to fill so high. Also the fact we've one nt on the roster and he's heading into the last year of his contract worries me. I'd love a front 3 of reyes lotulelei and liuget, easily the best young line in the nfl.

I'm a big fan of the 34 defense but if ansah was at 11 we could take him and only be missing a single olb for a 43defense. I don't envisage it happening but it could be the best way to utilise our resources

Justin10

If lane Johnson isnt there I want us to go back. No real point taking a guard at 11 with a zone blocking scheme.

Recent mocks have Dee Milliner at 10 if he gets to 11 I wouldnt mind that.
Especially with Weddle saying Gilchrist playing a bit of safety in practice.

OAOB

Hadn't heard that weddle comment but i do think gilchrist has potential there, at least enough until Taylor gets back. I am happy enough to go with wright and cox as corners and draft another in the later rounds, there's good depth at the position in the draft.
Its such a hard draft to predict and having a new gm makes it more uncertain.

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

If lane Johnson isnt there I want us to go back. No real point taking a guard at 11 with a zone blocking scheme.

Recent mocks have Dee Milliner at 10 if he gets to 11 I wouldnt mind that.
Especially with Weddle saying Gilchrist playing a bit of safety in practice.

Milliner seems to be thick as a plank. I really like the look of Rhodes if he was available end 1st round he might be worth trading up for.

Leslie91

Rochey18 wrote: »

If lane Johnson isnt there I want us to go back. No real point taking a guard at 11 with a zone blocking scheme.

Recent mocks have Dee Milliner at 10 if he gets to 11 I wouldnt mind that.
Especially with Weddle saying Gilchrist playing a bit of safety in practice.

Gilchrist was mainly used as a FS in college or at least he seemed to be a better safety than corner. Why he was drafted as a possible starting corner by AJ sums AJ up. Looks like Shareece Wright is the better corner option and he was drafted later.

Justin10

More and more talk of trading up, Gehlken just said we could trade up for Joeckel if he doesn't go #1
He also tweeted he would like Lane Johnson even if it meant trading up.
Few mocks have us going up to #4

Red Crow

Rochey18 wrote: »

More and more talk of trading up, Gehlken just said we could trade up for Joeckel if he doesn't go #1
He also tweeted he would like Lane Johnson even if it meant trading up.
Few mocks have us going up to #4

You'll have to if you want a LT. None of the big three are going past the Cardinals at 7. Lot's of mocks have Eagles taking either Joeckel or Fisher at #4 and even some have all three guys gone by #4.

Justin10

Eli Manning wrote: »

You'll have to if you want a LT. None of the big three are going past the Cardinals at 7. Lot's of mocks have Eagles taking either Joeckel or Fisher at #4 and even some have all three guys gone by #4.

Id just gamble with Armstead or Fluker, and also if their is a trading partner trade back.

Leslie91

I certainly don't think going up to #4 to get Johnson is worth it. But I guess if all 3 are gone by then it means chances of Cooper or Warmack making it to #11 are slim. It's get real interesting if the 3 fat boys are gone before pick 5. I wouldn't want to be TT tonight in this situation. I guess if he stands pat and both are gone then it's time to slide if someone will party with us.

OAOB

we'd have to give up next years 1st round pick and more to get one of the 3, hope we don't

Justin10

If Fisher or Luke fall to 5-6 we have got to trade up.

OAOB

Rochey18 wrote: »

If Fisher or Luke fall to 5-6 we have got to trade up.

i think our roster is too weak to sacrifice next years first

Molly

OH FFS

Shane.C

Fluker it is

Leslie91

Stayed up in the end. Wrecked now. As the draft played out I was struck by a few things.

1. Miami gave up FA to move up to #3. In hindsight if all it was going to take was a 2nd rd pick and a swop in rd 1 I'd have done that in a heartbeat, pissed it wasn't us. I'd have picked Lane Johnson though. What a shock it was that they picked Dion Jordan. I guess they thought Chip Kelly was gona grab him at #4. If that had happened it would have meant Detroit at #5 was first possible landing spot for Johnson i.e. in theory it was getting cheaper to move up.

2. As the O linemen fell I was totally gutted to see Cooper goto Arizona. This is guy is a total Stud. I still think we had the ability to move up and get either Johnson or Cooper and we whiffed.

3. I wasn't mad about Warmack so when Tenn were on the clock I was praying they'd take him. Interestingly I'm hearing that were it a choice between Fluker and Warmack we'd still have picked DJ.

4. Our pick was in so fast it was unreal. That might mean one of 2 things. Either TT is so in love with DJ and he was top of our draft board regardless of position or it was naivety, in that trade down options were not properly considered when we were on the clock.

5. To me picking strictly a right Tackle at #11 is somewhat of a reach even if this guy turns into a stud RT. I heard Saban reckons he reminds him of Flozell Adams who was certainly decent.

6. Listening to DJ I sure hope he is not all talk and comes in and makes the RT spot his own. At the end of day maybe we might see the back of Clary before long!!, even if they are now talking about trying him at Guard.

OAOB

Really don't like the pick at the moment but i hope he shows up as a pro-bowl RT and show me up. I didn't even see RT as a position of need compared to a few other spots, he's a big upgrade but i think we could have done better. My hope is maybe they see him as a potential LT.

Interesting point Les about the speed of our pick, hadn't even thought much about it at the time.

Leslie91

OAOB wrote: »

Really don't like the pick at the moment but i hope he shows up as a pro-bowl RT and show me up. I didn't even see RT as a position of need compared to a few other spots, he's a big upgrade but i think we could have done better. My hope is maybe they see him as a potential LT.

Interesting point Les about the speed of our pick, hadn't even thought much about it at the time.

Everybody seems to be seeing he will never ever be a Left Tackle unfortunately. We'll just have to hope/pray the 2nd round brings us the next Marcus McNeill without the injury history!!.

Rd 2 starts at 11.30 our time tonite.

OAOB

Yeah slow feet are not what you want in a LT but with so many holes in our team and after signing Dunlap i can't get my head around this pick. Its got the feel of drafting someone on the o-line for the sake of it.
We signed ZBS guards and just drafted a PBS tackle

The dolphins got a bargain in their deal to trade up but i'm happier with having a 2nd round pick. The raiders would have demanded more off us too.

Leslie91

OAOB wrote: »

Yeah slow feet are not what you want in a LT but with so many holes in our team and after signing Dunlap i can't get my head around this pick. Its got the feel of drafting someone on the o-line for the sake of it.
We signed ZBS guards and just drafted a PBS tackle

The dolphins got a bargain in their deal to trade up but i'm happier with having a 2nd round pick. The raiders would have demanded more off us too.

That's v true.