Jim Harbaugh is optimistic about the 5th pick in the 2024 Draft

It’s no secret that the QB talent at the top of the 2024 Draft class is elite. If the top three picks stay chalk. three QBs will go off the board right away. There’s even an opportunity for four QBs to be taken in the first four picks if a team trades up. Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, and J.J. McCarthy are the four players being discussed. 

After the first four picks, the Los Angeles Chargers are slotted at #5. The team finished 5-12 in 2023 and fired head coach Brandon Staley mid-season. Former Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh was hired as the new Chargers head coach. At the league annual meeting this week, Harbaugh was talking with reporters. He mentioned how the team essentially has the #1 pick in the 2024 Draft if four QBs are taken in the first four picks. That could very much be the case of draft night in April.

What position do the Chargers want to target with the fifth overall pick in the 2024 Draft?

New #Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh notes “there is talk of four QBs going in the first four picks.” That would mean No. 5 “is like the first pick of the draft.”

Clearly excited about the options at his draft slot. “We know we got a great player that’s gonna be there.”

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 25, 2024

The first three teams picks in the 2024 NFL Draft belong to the Bears, Commanders, and Patriots. All three need a new franchise QB. Presumably, three QBs would go off the board in the first three picks. With the fourth pick in the draft are the Arizona Cardinals. Last week, general manager Monti Ossenfort made it known that the Cardinals are willing to trade back. Now, teams are rumored to have an interest in Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy and could trade up to get him. In that hypothetical, four QBs are off the board with the first four picks.

Leaving Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers with a wide-open draft board. Los Angeles already has their franchise QB in Justin Herbert. The 26-year-old was the 6th…

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Author : Zach Wolpin

Publish date : 2024-03-25 12:52:21

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