T3 Mock Draft : The Los Angeles Chargers

This episode discusses the Los Angeles Chargers’ pressing needs as they approach the NFL draft, focusing on critical positions like wide receiver, offensive line, and defense. Key prospects such as Trey Harris and Jonah Sabanera are evaluated to assess their potential impact on the team.

• Overview of Chargers’ draft needs 
• Deliberation on Quentin Johnson’s performance and future 
• Analysis of JK Dobbins and Khalil Mack’s free agency status 
• Importance of defensive line depth with Poona Ford’s situation 
• Discussion on tight end prospects, including Colston Loveland 
• Mock draft picks highlighted
• Invitation for listener engagement and draft grades

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Chapters

• 0:18 Chargers Mock Draft Analysis
• 10:52 Future Draft Assessment Request

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:18

Welcome back to T3. I'm your host, mr U. We're doing something new in this pre-draft season we're talking mock drafts. I'm excited about it. I geek up about this kind of stuff, so I hope you guys are excited about it too. We're going to do a three-round mock draft today. I'd love to hear your draft grades. Where did I get it right? Where did I get it wrong? I'm a big boy. I can take it, go ahead and bring it on. We're going to be doing the Los Angeles Chargers almost at San Diego. I'm still stuck in that.

Speaker 1: 0:47

But my favorite coach in all the world, jim Harbaugh from the Michigan Wolverines national champions a couple of years ago, he's the coach of this team and I know how he thinks a little bit by watching him over the years. But the Chargers needs specifically are a wide receiver and you know that because I feel like the Quinton Johnson experiment or the Drews experiment might not be worth the squeeze. They got to decide that they have issues with their defensive line. They got a gentleman who we'll talk about in a little bit, who's in free agency now. Never know if he's going to even come back, so we'll see how that works out. And then they got interior o-line issues. So, excuse me, a few things going on they need to have some help with. Matter of fact, it's not even the only team need. I'm quite sure why that's listed that way. There's a lot of things that the charges need we saw kind of play out last year in their role to the playoffs.

Speaker 1: 1:37

However, we're going to do three rounds today. Love to hear your thoughts on and give me some draft grades on, how you think I did with the Chargers draft. So we're going to go ahead and jump into it. A little commentary in between. So let's do it All right. So we have they have a 22nd pick, the 55th and the 86th today. We will be doing several mock drafts between now and the actual NFL draft which, of course, if you've been paying attention, our NFL draft special, the very first annual NFL draft special for T3, that Thursday thing is going to be on April, I think the 24th. The first round of the NFL draft I think it is will be live from, I guess, maybe 6.30, 7 o'clock all the way to the end of the first round. So we'll have our squad here as long as they can hang in there and of course we'll have guests come into the studio in and out, who are going to be dropping dimes and knowledge about their team and the draft overall in the first round, and we'll be sitting here watching it live. So we're excited about that Now, all right.

Speaker 1: 2:36

So, as I was saying before, one of the biggest needs that the Chargers are seeing to have is the wide receiver position. Now they got to really decide about Quentin Johnson. I mean, he came through at TCU. I've seen him play. We played him in the national. This was we were the national championship. We played them in a really big game and I saw some tendencies that I didn't really care for. So when the Chargers got him, I said, oh man, this could be a problem. He's been really challenged with catching passes. He's been dropping a lot and it's been kind of killing the Chargers from a yardage perspective and just making Justin Herbert's job a lot harder. So not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze in this situation, but we'll see how it goes.

Speaker 1: 3:21

They got free agents coming up. Of course, jk Dobbins, probably their best offensive player, arguably Not sure how you can argue it Best offensive player on the entire team, probably one of his best years, and he was injured for a while and he when he went out. That was a big challenge. So they're gonna be thinking about that because he's up for free agency right now. Excuse me, khalil Mack probably the best defensive player for sure. I don't think you're not gonna either. Uh, he's gonna be up for free agency. I think that if I was the Chargers, I'd be trying to get him back in the Chargers uniform. I think they can save over $25 million if they cut Joey Bosa. I'm definitely all for it, not because of the money, but just because of the fact that he's injured every single year. I don't know why that is. Talent is definitely there, but I think we can do better than relying on him to be healthy, because that hasn't been a good bet for us for a while now. So say, 25 million dollars, spend that money elsewhere. So I definitely say go ahead and cut him. Bring Khalil Mack back on a short-term deal, if possible.

Speaker 1: 4:23

Now the gentleman I'll talk about on defense is Puna Ford. He's a DT for the Chargers. He was, uh, definitely a great find. He over, uh, he overshot his coverage. Nobody expected him to do as well as he did. Three sacks, 39 tackles. He was all over the place and he was fantastic. But he's up for free agency so we've got to find out whether he's coming back or not. Even if he does come back, the Chargers are still thin at that position. They've got to do something there in the draft. Maybe we'll try to help him out in these first three rounds with somebody that can help him out. We'll see how that goes.

Speaker 1: 4:54

Beside that, another guy I'm keeping my eye on is Colston Loveland. He is the tight end. He was the tight end at the world champion, well, national champion, excuse me. Michigan Wolverines. I got excited there. I know that Jim Harbaugh loves him. That tight end is not one of their team needs, but I say that it probably is because the number one guy is Will Disley Serviceable, no problems there, but after him not a whole lot going on in the tight end room. So if Loveland is sitting around at 22, I might just take him. This is for you, coach. Might bring Loveland back into the fold with you, so we'll see how it goes.

Speaker 1: 5:32

They're pretty good at O-line. Rashawn Slater fantastic play on the O-line, probably their best on the O-line. Allowed three sacks all season. He's been fantastic. But they need more depth like this. So I'm definitely going to try to find somebody to help them out there.

Speaker 1: 5:44

So let's go ahead and jump into this. See what we got going on. So let's go ahead and start this draft, excuse me, all right. So it looks as though it may have already happened. Did it happen yet? Or he's that far down the pike, all right. So Colson Loveland is not on the books yet. Wow, stupidest, dropped, drop. Okay, let's go ahead and look and see what we got. It's an old one. Okay, I'm trying to find the kind of guy that I think Jim Harbaugh is going to like. It looks like Grant's already going to win right before us. That's all we're going to take for D-line, all right. So here we are. Wow, this is a tough draft. Okay. So I'm going to go ahead here and take Trey Harris.

Speaker 1: 6:48

I think that this might be the kind of pick that's going to come back to bite me, but we'll talk a little bit about who Trey Harris is. He may end up being the kind of guy that we need in the draft, especially as it pertains to the charges. I know at Ole Miss he had over 1,000 yards, seven touchdowns, so he was definitely number one guy 60 receptions, so he doesn't have a problem taking care of that business. And one thing I like about trey harris all of his production has improved over the years. I'm talking about exponentially. He scored more, more yardage not not more touchdown, but more yardage and almost more receptions in the past four years. So I like that he's consistent in that way. I like that he's been in the college system for a while, so he's definitely ready to go to the next level.

Speaker 1: 7:38

I think that Harbaugh would like him, would have loved to have gotten Loveland here. Maybe, if he's still around, maybe I can grab him. But now we'll go ahead and move on to pick 55. I know that he needs some O-line help. I'm going with Sabanier right here. I think that Coach Harbaugh would love to have this guy here in this ball. I mean he's a tough guy. I mean he is no nonsense and I'm going to see if I can get some more information on him because he's probably butchering his name. I hate that. I'm doing that, but I like Sabanier here.

Speaker 1: 8:13

O-line guy. I seen him a little bit in the. They showed a lot of Arizona games out here. I'm not quite sure why they were doing that. I mean I'm not anywhere near that region, but they showed a lot of those games here, so I got to see a lot of his work. I mean, he's a big guy, junior 6'5". I mean, he's, I think, one Junior 6'5". I mean, I think one of the reasons why I think Harbaugh's going to love him and I think the A-grade is warranted here is that he played multiple positions on the O-line Played left tackle, played right guard and right tackle for a while. So he's moved around. So that shows he's versatile and he's also, when he's moving around, he's not losing production. He's still actually productive and effective, no matter where he's playing on the O-line. I think Harbaugh is going to enjoy having this guy on his roster.

Speaker 1: 8:56

All right, let's try to adjust the last need, which is D-line. I was hoping that Loveland was still here, but I know he's already gone by now. He's some guys that he would love to tie it in, but that's not the need. We're going to try to stay focused here. Alright, so let's see who we got that can work here.

Speaker 1: 9:16

This is a toughie. I know this young man very well. I am going to go with somebody who I'm somewhat familiar with. I'm going to go with somebody who I'm somewhat familiar with. I'm going to go with Jordan Burch here. I know we're out of position here. I'm going to go with him. I mean fantastic at tackling, which is very important at this position.

Speaker 1: 9:45

Has definitely strong pass rush skills. His run defense is slightly above average. I'm going to say it's above average, not slightly, it's above average. So I like that there. I like that he's somebody who's been in that system for a while, considered a five-star recruit.

Speaker 1: 10:05

He definitely made an immediate impact with the Ducks. I think he saw some of that last year. Part of the reason why they were so good was because of him and his ability to work the passer and have multiple tackles, performances in the game and, of course, the pressures. He's pretty much known for that. So that's what made Oregon such a tough defense and why they got so far in last year's postseason. So we're taking Trey Harris from Mississippi first, that wide receiver, far in last year's postseason or so. So we're taking Trey Harris from Mississippi first, that wide receiver. Taking Jonah Sabanera, interior O-line guy at Arizona he can play right guard, right tackle and on the left side. And Jordan Burch, d-line guy at Oregon. If you've seen any Oregon games, you see his ability, you see what he can do.

Speaker 1: 10:52

So I like this. I like what we got going on here. I think this will be a good draft. We'll see how it turns out, but I'd love to hear your guys' draft grades. Run it by me Would I go right? Would I go wrong? I'd love to hear from you guys on this one and we look forward to hearing your comments. Thanks for listening to T3 and Mr U. Have a great day.