Breaking down Chargers top first-round prospects following Vegas win
By Simon Brady
The LA Chargers’ win over the Las Vegas Raiders may change the team’s draft philosophy.
A divisional opponent and fringe playoff team on a short week certainly insinuates a chaotic, head-scratching ‘L’ for these LA Chargers. Except they actually found a way to win in a shootout against the Las Vegas Raiders, 30-27, with a three-minute game-winning drive to cap overtime. The first divisional opponent the ailing Chargers have bested in nearly two years.
Even with Joe Burrow’s catastrophic leg injury, following the historic 45-0 shellacking by the New England Patriots, with amateur special teams errors and turnovers giving the Pats short field position in only a way the Chargers can provide, allowing this incredibly stagnant, untalented Pats team to post such a score, gave Bolt fans hope they may be on a fast track to landing Penei Sewell this April. The incredibly gifted tackle prospect that has received hall of fame projection from some already.
With this two-game win streak, the most ideal foundational piece to protecting franchise quarterback Justin Herbert moving forward is out the window. But nonetheless, tonight was a reminder there’s plenty of help to go around with this roster.
With Herbert leading an explosive offense in place, cleaning house at coaching staff and a few good offseasons could put Los Angeles in a great spot moving forward. Let’s see how they can speed up that process this spring.