The 2020 NFL Scouting Combine is officially in the books. How will it affect the Chargers’ draft plans?
Below is our latest four-round projection.
Round 1, No. 6, QB Jordan Love, Utah State
Oregon’s Justin Herbert has been in this position quite a bit throughout the pre-draft process, but a slight curveball has been thrown.
Love has been getting a lot of buzz as a top-10 selection after a strong performance at the Scouting Combine where he displayed his athleticism in the agility testing and arm talent in the on-field drills.
The Bakersfield native is arguably the biggest wild card among all quarterbacks. Even though he’s an extremely talented player, he struggled with turnovers in 2019, throwing 17 on the season.
The reason for the handful of interceptions could’ve been due to losing his head coach and all but one of his starters.
But a year prior to that, he threw 32 touchdowns and only six interceptions, which has had many believing that they could get the 2018 version with Love with some polish and surrounding him with play-makers, which the Chargers have.
The bottom line is that there’s no denying that when Love met with Los Angeles he had to explain the costly mistakes this past season when put on the whiteboard.
However, if the coaching staff feels like they can get the most out of him, they’d be getting the ideal signal-caller for their system, one who is competitive, has the arm to get the ball to all levels of the field and the mobility to be a threat with his legs.
If L.A. felt like Love was their guy, he would benefit from being able to sit behind Tyrod Taylor in Year 1. Coach Anthony Lynn, who maximized Taylor’s potential when they were in Buffalo together, would be able to do the same for Love.