Chargers' Draft Fate Hangs in Balance

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is NFL News Today. Subscribe to keep up with every headline, every game. The NFL offseason is heating up after the scouting combine wrapped up with free agency right around the corner. The lead plans to announce compensatory draft picks any day now based on last season's player moves. For the Los Angeles Chargers, this has become a roller coaster story centered on whether they'll snag an extra selection. Two weeks back, financial trackers projected the Chargers would land a sixth round pick for losing cornerback Christian Fulton to the Kansas City. Chiefs. It caught everyone off guard since no one had flagged it before as a possibility. Chargers fans lit up with hope, especially since the team enters the 2026 draft with just five picks. General manager Joe Hortes and the front office saw it as a much needed boost amid a thin draft board and upcoming internal free agents. Another recent updates flipped the script. A procedural tweak with running back JK Dobbins erased his departure from the formula, and

1:04now their signing of tight end Tyler Conklin looks set too. Count against them and the net loss calculations. Nothing's official yet, so the Chargers could still catch a break. Either way, they'll need to maximize every pick, maybe even trade down for more value in a draft class that's weak up top. DNN is sponsored by our partner. No earbuds, no headbands, no awkward sleeping positions, just a pillow that plays your sound, S-O-L-L-I, solely ETLbillow.com.