WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.760 Hey everybody, this is your GM, your back row 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:03.439 domics, your GM who currently is not on the team 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:04.879 right now, but don't you worry about it, Kale, 00:00:04.980 --> 00:00:07.059 here to bring you episode 15 of the Stack and 00:00:07.059 --> 00:00:09.199 Shed series. Now in this series, we're covering 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:11.960 all 32 teams, so everybody gets a chance to be 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:14.080 talked about, right? Now in this series, we're 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:16.079 covering a few different topics and they include 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:19.760 what went wrong, what do they need, stack or 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:23.339 shed, their draft picks, one move I would do, 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:25.399 and their cap space, right? Now in this episode, 00:00:25.420 --> 00:00:27.219 we're talking about the Chargers, so bolt up, 00:00:27.300 --> 00:00:37.100 it's gonna get crazy. All right, let's get into 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:38.979 it. So what went wrong in the Chargers season? 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:40.679 And I will eventually say it was inconsistent 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.100 offensive line play. Going into last season, 00:00:43.179 --> 00:00:45.200 I believe the Chargers were the second or third 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.640 best team in their division. And I also believe 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:49.799 they were competitive enough to go on a playoff 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:52.159 run. Despite having high confidence in the Chargers, 00:00:52.219 --> 00:00:54.460 I never would have expected their offensive line 00:00:54.460 --> 00:00:56.659 to be decimated with injuries. Now I understand 00:00:56.659 --> 00:00:59.340 the offensive linemen deal with injuries a little 00:00:59.340 --> 00:01:02.039 bit more than other positions. And a lot of times 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.079 those nagging injuries carries on throughout 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:06.379 the entire season. And then there's some instances 00:01:06.379 --> 00:01:08.379 where they have some serious injuries and they 00:01:08.379 --> 00:01:10.359 just try to deal with it the best way that they 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:12.540 can deal with it until they can either get to 00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:15.000 a bye week or just to the end of the season. 00:01:15.099 --> 00:01:16.900 But unfortunately, that didn't happen, and so 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:19.180 the Chargers had to band -aid this offense as 00:01:19.180 --> 00:01:21.640 best as possible. From bringing in people off 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.079 the street, from bringing in veterans who haven't 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:27.099 played in almost two years, to trading for Trevor 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:30.599 Penning, they went every single rock to find 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.900 healthy offensive linemen just to keep this thing 00:01:33.900 --> 00:01:37.810 together. According to PFF, right guard was pressured 00:01:37.810 --> 00:01:42.430 at 23 .9%, left tackle was pressured at 22%, 00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:46.250 right tackle was pressured at 18 .8%, center 00:01:46.250 --> 00:01:49.909 was pressured at 14 .1%, and then left guard 00:01:49.909 --> 00:01:52.950 was pressured at 11%. Now these numbers make 00:01:52.950 --> 00:01:55.530 sense because Makai Becton was on and off the 00:01:55.530 --> 00:01:58.170 field the entire season. And we also saw that 00:01:58.170 --> 00:02:00.549 once Joel Alt started to get banged up, this 00:02:00.549 --> 00:02:03.750 offensive line really started to decline significantly. 00:02:04.269 --> 00:02:07.609 According to NFL Pro, Justin Herbert was pressured 00:02:07.609 --> 00:02:13.430 on 268 of his 619 dropbacks, which is a 43 .3 00:02:13.430 --> 00:02:15.689 % pressure rate. That is the highest pressure 00:02:15.689 --> 00:02:19.069 rate in the league. The Chargers used 18 offensive 00:02:19.069 --> 00:02:21.629 line combinations this past season. The most 00:02:21.629 --> 00:02:25.129 and tied for the third most by any team in a 00:02:25.129 --> 00:02:28.479 single season in the next -gen stats era. Since 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:32.020 2024, when Joel Ault and Rashawn Slater is on 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:35.020 the field, Justin Herbert is pressured on 33 00:02:35.020 --> 00:02:38.219 .9 % of his dropbacks. But when Joel Ault and 00:02:38.219 --> 00:02:40.919 Rashawn Slater are off the field, Justin Herbert 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:44.539 is pressured on 44 .3 % of his dropbacks. At 00:02:44.539 --> 00:02:46.400 some point, the Chargers are going to have to 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.360 figure out a way to keep Justin Herbert from 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:50.560 getting sacked and pressured so much. Because 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.639 when we look at how many times he was sacked 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:55.860 this year, 54 times. When we look at how many 00:02:55.860 --> 00:02:59.490 times he was sacked in 2020, 44, 41 times. We 00:02:59.490 --> 00:03:01.590 looked at how many times he was sacked in 2023, 00:03:02.050 --> 00:03:05.610 29 times. And then he was sacked 38 times in 00:03:05.610 --> 00:03:09.930 2022. He also faced 109 quick pressures, the 00:03:09.930 --> 00:03:12.270 most quick pressures in the league. Now, quick 00:03:12.270 --> 00:03:14.509 pressures are defined as pressures that occurred 00:03:14.509 --> 00:03:17.270 under 2 .5 seconds. Now, with that being said, 00:03:17.330 --> 00:03:19.729 what do the Chargers need? And that is to bolster 00:03:19.729 --> 00:03:21.969 this offensive line. And so far, the Chargers 00:03:21.969 --> 00:03:24.569 have done that by signing Tyler Beatis to a three 00:03:24.569 --> 00:03:27.689 -year, $30 million deal. Cole Strange to a two 00:03:27.689 --> 00:03:30.710 -year $13 million deal, and Trey Pipkins to a 00:03:30.710 --> 00:03:33.050 two -year $10 million deal. Now, just because 00:03:33.050 --> 00:03:35.129 they made these three signings does not mean 00:03:35.129 --> 00:03:36.870 that they shouldn't take an offensive lineman 00:03:36.870 --> 00:03:39.750 at some point in the draft or maybe after the 00:03:39.750 --> 00:03:42.229 draft in that second and third wave of free agency. 00:03:42.469 --> 00:03:44.590 Because you still have people such as Taylor 00:03:44.590 --> 00:03:47.830 Decker, Jawan Taylor, Jonah Williams, Joel Betonio, 00:03:47.949 --> 00:03:50.750 Jack Conklin, Cam Robinson, Makai Beckham if 00:03:50.750 --> 00:03:52.969 you want to bring him back, Kevin Zeiler, James 00:03:52.969 --> 00:03:56.289 Daniels, Graham Glasgow, Ethan Pokich, Alex Kappa, 00:03:56.409 --> 00:03:58.710 Calvin Beecham, Trevor Penning if you want to 00:03:58.710 --> 00:04:01.550 bring him back, Greg Van Rotten, Brady Christensen, 00:04:01.689 --> 00:04:04.689 Cordell Volson, DJ Humphries, Liam Eichenberg, 00:04:04.870 --> 00:04:07.590 Will Hernandez. I could continue to go on. These 00:04:07.590 --> 00:04:10.430 are some really good plug -and -play offensive 00:04:10.430 --> 00:04:12.530 linemen that you can bring in without having 00:04:12.530 --> 00:04:14.650 to break the bank. Now with that being said, 00:04:14.689 --> 00:04:16.490 the question we all need to ask ourselves is 00:04:16.490 --> 00:04:18.870 stack or shed? And I will eventually say stack. 00:04:18.990 --> 00:04:20.810 And the reason why I say that is because everybody 00:04:20.810 --> 00:04:23.189 has a season where the worst things that you 00:04:23.189 --> 00:04:25.920 could possibly imagine happen. Your star players 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:28.660 get hurt. Your offense or defense struggles. 00:04:28.939 --> 00:04:32.360 Everybody just looks bad. It happens, but they 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.779 can bounce back from it. Now, I'm expecting all 00:04:34.779 --> 00:04:36.540 the players they lost last year to come back 00:04:36.540 --> 00:04:39.180 healthy and ready to play, especially with them 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:41.860 hiring a new offensive coordinator in Mike McDaniel. 00:04:42.170 --> 00:04:44.449 And speaking of Mike McDaniel, I also believe 00:04:44.449 --> 00:04:46.529 that he's going to unlock something in this offense. 00:04:46.750 --> 00:04:49.029 Now, I'm not saying that Justin Herbert is going 00:04:49.029 --> 00:04:51.970 to be an MVP next year. I'm not saying that Ladd 00:04:51.970 --> 00:04:53.610 McConkie is going to be an offense player of 00:04:53.610 --> 00:04:55.670 the year. But I do believe that he's going to 00:04:55.670 --> 00:04:58.009 take this offense to another level. Looking at 00:04:58.009 --> 00:04:59.730 their draft picks, they have their first, second, 00:04:59.910 --> 00:05:02.470 third, fourth, and sixth. Now, I understand that's 00:05:02.470 --> 00:05:04.569 not a lot, but I believe they can make it work. 00:05:04.769 --> 00:05:06.829 And since we're in draft season, let's talk about 00:05:06.829 --> 00:05:09.490 the Rich Hill Draft Trade Value Chart. Originally 00:05:09.490 --> 00:05:12.379 created by Jimmy Johnson, It is a chart that 00:05:12.379 --> 00:05:15.100 shows the trade value of each and every draft 00:05:15.100 --> 00:05:17.139 pick. Now in recent years, teams have transitioned 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:19.319 from using the Jimmy Johnson model to the Rich 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:22.120 Hill model as it is more accurate on the trade 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:24.519 value of each and every draft pick. Using the 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:26.500 Rich Hill model, which I will post the link of 00:05:26.500 --> 00:05:29.000 the Jimmy Johnson model as well as the Rich Hill 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.459 model in the description of this episode, the 00:05:31.459 --> 00:05:33.879 Chargers value for all of their draft picks is 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:36.540 very low. The 22nd pick in the first round has 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:40.339 a trade value of 780 points. The 55th pick in 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:43.579 the second round has a trade value of 350 points 00:05:43.579 --> 00:05:45.899 the 86th pick in the third round has a trade 00:05:45.899 --> 00:05:49.819 value of 160 points the 123rd pick in the fourth 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:52.620 round has a trade value of 49 points and the 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:55.319 204th pick in the sixth round has a trade value 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:58.019 of 9 .4 points with the chargers only having 00:05:58.019 --> 00:06:01.019 three picks in the top 100 i wonder how are they 00:06:01.019 --> 00:06:03.120 going to attack the draft because as i've said 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:05.819 before in previous episodes in this series i 00:06:05.819 --> 00:06:07.680 believe there's going to be a lot of teams that 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:10.209 are going to trade down or possibly trade out 00:06:10.209 --> 00:06:12.689 of the first round altogether due to the first 00:06:12.689 --> 00:06:14.629 round lacking blue chip talent and positions 00:06:14.629 --> 00:06:16.990 that were traditionally valued lower in the first 00:06:16.990 --> 00:06:19.490 round have now been inflated and are now being 00:06:19.490 --> 00:06:22.449 valued higher in this draft class. So it begs 00:06:22.449 --> 00:06:24.110 the question, what are the Chargers going to 00:06:24.110 --> 00:06:26.269 do in the first round? Because if they wanted 00:06:26.269 --> 00:06:29.209 to, they can go from the 22nd to maybe the 18th 00:06:29.209 --> 00:06:31.750 pick and not have to give up a lot of draft compensation. 00:06:31.990 --> 00:06:33.889 Now, if they wanted to go a little bit higher, 00:06:34.129 --> 00:06:36.750 you may have to give up a little bit more, but 00:06:36.750 --> 00:06:39.029 even then, I think you can talk yourself into. 00:06:39.149 --> 00:06:41.370 doing it depending on the player and position 00:06:41.370 --> 00:06:43.430 that you're trying to target. Now, the one move 00:06:43.430 --> 00:06:45.670 that I would do is draft a defensive lineman. 00:06:45.750 --> 00:06:48.310 Now, originally, I was leaning towards an offensive 00:06:48.310 --> 00:06:51.110 lineman, but after the signings of Tyler Biadich, 00:06:51.230 --> 00:06:53.870 Trey Pipkins, and Cole Strange, I feel like that's 00:06:53.870 --> 00:06:56.290 good enough for now. I feel like at best, if 00:06:56.290 --> 00:06:58.449 you wanted to address the offensive line, you 00:06:58.449 --> 00:07:00.829 could do it in day two and day three of the draft. 00:07:01.009 --> 00:07:02.670 But I think you're in a good position where you 00:07:02.670 --> 00:07:04.370 don't have to reach for someone like a Caleb 00:07:04.370 --> 00:07:07.449 Banks or Lee Hunter or Peter Woods if you want 00:07:07.449 --> 00:07:09.670 to take that route. Because I think pairing them 00:07:09.670 --> 00:07:11.990 with Dalvin Thomason would be a great combination. 00:07:12.189 --> 00:07:14.189 Because we saw how productive this defensive 00:07:14.189 --> 00:07:16.689 line was last year. I think you need to continue 00:07:16.689 --> 00:07:19.000 on with that model. Looking at their cap space, 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:21.600 they have $49 .9 million. Now, I don't expect 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:23.980 the Chargers to make any moves anytime soon because 00:07:23.980 --> 00:07:26.480 they're preparing for the draft, but I do expect 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.639 for them to be players in that second and third 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.040 wave of free agency. Now, the question is this. 00:07:31.139 --> 00:07:33.139 Are they going to go after veteran offensive 00:07:33.139 --> 00:07:35.199 linemen? Are they going to go after veteran defensive 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:37.399 linemen? Because their market values are somewhat 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.040 reasonable. Joel Betonio's market value, according 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:43.120 to Spoltrak, is only $12 .9 million. That's reasonable 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:45.519 because Joel Betonio is one of the better guards 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.040 in the league. Jawan Taylor's market value is 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:51.120 only $14 .9 million. That's reasonable. Kevin 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:53.420 Zeitler's market value is only $9 .2 million. 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:56.540 James Daniels' market value is only $6 .7 million. 00:07:56.860 --> 00:07:59.959 Graham Glasgow's market value is only $5 .8 million. 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:02.819 That's not bad. Those are reasonable numbers 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:05.620 for productive veteran offensive linemen. Looking 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:07.579 at some of the veteran defensive linemen that 00:08:07.579 --> 00:08:09.759 are still free agents, their market value is 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:12.100 even more reasonable. David Onyemata's market 00:08:12.100 --> 00:08:15.319 value is only $8 .5 million. DJ Reader's market 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:16.959 value is only $8 .5 million. only 3 .8 million. 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:20.079 Calais Campbell's market value is 10 .9 million. 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:23.240 Mario Edwards' market value is only 2 .2 million. 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:26.800 Daquan Jones' market value is only 1 .7. Larry 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:29.660 Ogunjobi's market value is only 5 million. Those 00:08:29.660 --> 00:08:32.139 are reasonable numbers. You have more than enough 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:34.720 cap space to go after multiple offensive and 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:36.720 defensive linemen if you want to take that route. 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:38.460 So let's see what the Chargers do. But I'm going 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:40.000 to end this episode here. 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