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I say the Chargers should either trade up and get OT DBrickashaw Ferguson, or stay pat and get WR Santonio Holmes or WR Sinorice Moss.

With A.J. doing the picking I'm sure we will get a quality pick. What was Castillo, 23rd? Look how much he ment to the "D" this year.

Could we trade the pick for a solid established run-blocking offensive lineman?

I think they should remain at 19 and pick best available o line. Use some cap money to make a run at Wayne because the colts can not afford to pay him. That will sure up the o for years. Next, get us a safety!!!!

WR Sinorice Moss heck NO not standing at 5"9 I say we either draft OL,Big WR,or a SHUTDOWN CB

If we don't sign a free agent offensive lineman we should draft the best one available.

Trade up... And draft an LT (to protect Drew's blindside) and pickup a ball-hawking/ cover FS (veteran) to protect our CBs.

Ok, here is all we really need (not saying we can't improve elsewhere, but this is where we have the largest gap to close) a top notch CB (preferably tall and athletic). We have way to many teams racking up passing yardage on us that comes from passess to WRs.

Dudes...ill tell you who they are gonna pick...i just know it...OL Marcus Mcniel...im telling ya...just wait and see...if not, then they need to pick up a saftey or wide reciever...

I dont see why everybody thinks that we should go for a wide reciever. McCardel, Parker, and caldwell are doin just fine. its not their fault they never get thrown to deep. i think we should go for a solid saftey at pick 19. maybe Huff from Texas or Bing from USC

I think it should bo CB Jimmy Williams,Alan Zamatis,or WR Jason Avant.

Hey! I thought I was the #1 fan from PA. Glad to know there are others! Anyway, I think the nineteenth pick should be for a safety--the Bolts' most glaring need on defense. (I have determined my point of view on the amount of points the offense scored vs. the lack of defensive stops at critical times during games)
We all saw the Rose Bowl, right? Those two texas safeties are niiiiice. Huff, or teammate Griffin--if he comes out early--would be a big step forward for the D.
No more wasted FA signings like Jue. What a disappointment! Clinton Hart played much better and is much more economical. Kiel, bless his soul, seems to always come in a little late to make the play. The corners could use a FA punch, indeed, (trade Leaf-esque bust Jammer in the meanwhile) but in this "bend but don't break" 3-4 Philips runs, the safeties have alot of responsibilities, so the personnel choices for SS and FS are muy importante. Has anyone kept an eye on Polamalu's progress? Well, how about a clone? That'd fit the bill!
Ever since Rodney Harrison's departure, they've been trying to find someone to fill his role. How about this time around?

why does everyone think we need an LT. our left tackle was only bad last year because he was a backup. most of brees' fumbles came from the guy the LT should have been blocking. and roman oben should be back next year and will fill that spot perfectly. our o-line isnt that bad. hell last year we were all talking about how great they were. we need a CB or a safety. preferably huff from texas

I think we really need to take the best offensive linemen available at 19 or a shut down conner or safety.

i say we take a shut down corner, such as jimmy williams, then get a big play reciever from FA such as reggie wayne, because, no offense, but i dont think that mcCardell will be playin for much longer

No need to trade up in this case, we can get a very good OL or Safety at 19. I like LaRon Landry of LSU and Michael Huff of Texas.

Safety or Corner-Period!!!

Chargers definately need to draft a safety, too many big plays given up down the middle of the field. Has to be Huff from Texas or Bing of USC.

I think the corners will be just fine- no one else did as well as we did against indy's wr. As for a safety, we don't need a run support safety like huff or griffin. we need a ball-hawking playmaking safety who can get key interceptions and be in the right place at the right time. Bing from USC is good, but Hart seems like he could go places if we keep him around and let him keep playing.

Regardless the two needs of this team is the secondary and a future wide reciever core that can make big plays

i agree with people that say draft a saftey. if that's not an option...bricksaw looks darn good. but again, like everyone been sayin, save cap to get r wayne?

hey guys i think the thing that the chargers need help most at is o-line look at the last game of the year when Brees and Rivers where always down on the growned and just think how much better LT could be

We have 3 #2 WRs in McCardell, Parker, and Caldwell. Which would be trouble...if we didn't have a go-to guy in Gates. Vincent Jackson has the potential to be the best of the bunch, so unless you can get a player significantly better than Jackson, with #1 potential, I say stick with what we;ve got. Which allows us to draft for needs in the secondary. I agree that we would most benefit from a play-maker at FS-not an extra LB like Polamalu, but a ballhawk. SOMEBODY to actually make a play on the ball, instead of flailing their arms, back turned to the ball.
Our offensive line is one of the league's best. But we have NO DEPTH! The turning point of our season came when Oben went down. It just took a couple weeks to realize it 'cause we played a couple of creampuffs. I think we can wait til late first day, early second day before getting an OL.
I also thin we could use another fatty to back-up at NT. I know Jamal has gone from injury-prone to ironman, but he takes a beating, and no one else we have is big enough to take on 2,3 guys.
Also a KR. If Sproles doesn't have the hands to do punts, get somebody in there who does. Maybe a 3rd rounder who can also be the #5 WR.

Bolts fans, I'd like to see the Chargers get a safety @ 19 but I agree w/ Cam that he must be a playmaker. AJ has been doing such a good job that I don't see him making a major mistake with the pick. You can add myself to the PA Bolts Fan list. I was at the Pats & Eagles games this season and Panther game last season. I saw plenty of Bolts fans. Back to playoffs in '06!

I feel that we should trade rivers to the saints for a 1st round pick and a 3rd round pick and get D'Brickashaw Ferguson, because we need an o lineman. With our second round and third round pick we could pick up a Safety like laron landry, a guy who knows how to spell i-n-t-e-r-c-e-p-t-i-o-n and hits hard. With our 3rd round pick we could pick up a WR like a Martin Nance(Miami OH) or a Maurice Stovall a big name 6-5 Wide Reciever that Brees could throw the ball up and they could jump up for it.

I believe that the bolts do need a safety. I don't think there is a need for a CB Jammer and company improved. They just aren't getting any help from the safeties on the long ball. So we should get a strong hard-hitting, ball hawk safety to help the corners and create more turnovers. Try to get a OL or WR in free agency.

With the 19th pick, AJ should be at least be able to take B-A-L-L-H-A-W-K Laron Landry of LSU. Michael Huff's goin' to the Rams and the teams drafting after the Rams and before the Bolts have bigger needs. If we can grab Nate Clements and get another decent CB in free agency (Chad Scott, Jimmy Williams, DeShea Townsend, or Ricky Manning).

Since there are no OL in free agency (unless my eagles are stupid enough to let Runyan go), the Bolts should probably trade up in the second round and try and draft some of the Miami Hurricane O-Lineman (Eric Winston, Orien Harris), and try and find a pure speed reciever in the later rounds. if Vincent Jackson stays healthy, the Bolts should be fine at WR.

nah...we need a hard hitter Safety.or OL..or shutdown corner who plays like champ bailey

I don't think that they will draft a corner in the first round. In the past we have used first round picks on corners and they turn out to be mediocre. Most of the corners taken in the first round last draft didn't make an immediate impact. The quality of WR in the NFL compared to college is enormous making the transition difficult. A.J. Smith likes taking players in the first round that can make a impact their rookie year. The secondary definitely needs improvement and I think using the first round pick on a safety is the better bet. We should try to pick up a proven CB in free agency instead and try to get Ty Law (I think he's up for FA next year) and try to get a proven deep threat WR in Free agency as well with all the cap space we have (Don't know who's available, but T.O. would be a long shot even though he is an excellent player) Then they should try and improve the O-line in the proceeding rounds.

A.j. will land the best player available. At pick # 19 a couple of very good players should be available that A.j. could land.

I think some fans that are posting on here need to be more realistic. San Diego is looking to make a superbowl run in 2006. How many first-round CB really make a difference? Not many, if any really do, and often they are complete busts. If they do help it usually takes 2 years plus. A Saftey is okay, but they get beat a lot too in their first year, especially the FS center field types (which is actually what we might need more than the hard hitting SS). But 1st round OL (tackle preferred) can be an immediate help. Depth at the OL is a major key and the Chargers have had to cut or trade some O-linemen that were not team players, so this position is of the highest priority. We have invested a 2nd round pick in V. Jackson and need to stay with him for more then one injury-rittled year. A WR is a sexy pick, but not very smart for a team that has the best RB in the NFL. Why was Larry Johnson of KC able to go crazy the last weeks of the seaon? Well, he is a real talent, but he has the best O-Line (or second if you think SEA's is the best) in the NFL. That said, trading up in the draft to take OT DBrickashaw Fergusonis a nice idea, but proabably to costly as I imagine it would cost us our 2nd round pick this year as well. I don't believe that thsi move would be worth it, only because thre are at least 3, possible 4 other OT that are all solid 1st round picks. These players are Winston Justice, Eric Winston, Marcus McNeill, and Jonathan Scott. If you are a Chargers fan, and are willing to forgo the sex appeal of taking a LT, which is the type of player who the better they play the less you hear about them, then hope that the Chargers draft one of these players in the first round. Maybe, with that pick and a much easier schedule, Tomlinson can be the MVP that Alexander was this year!

Even though our luck has been sour with drafting DBs we still are in troubble at the position. Jammer has improved dramatically but one good DB is not enough in the AFC west. Davis was a good choice at the time but its time we got a cover corner who can get us some INT's!!!

If I could have it my way, I would trade Rivers and maybe a late round pick to the Lions cuz you know they need a QB and get Dre Bly out of it. That would take care of one of our biggest problems. Yeah, we need a CB, a safety and for sure some O-line guys.The game against Philly comes to mind when LT ran for 7 yards. Then the next week Denver trampled them for 2 100 yard rushers. Thats the gap that needs to be filled for sure. Do that and LT will run for 2200 yards like he said he would.

We need a playmaker in the secondary-PERIOD!

How about Laron Landry, LSU or Huff from Texas! We may need to trade up and get Huff.

Rd 2 - RUN BLOCKING OLINEMAN
Rd 3 - ILB/OLB
Rd 4 - QB (if we trade Rivers) Could maybe get the kid from Northwestern here.
Rd 5 - WR
Rd 6 - CB
Rd 7 - Best available player

I really think we have a great GM in AJ Smith. He does his homework and scout the right people for the team's needs. Honestly, we do need more depth in the O-line. If we can get a solid pick for the O-line at 19, then definitely do it. As for a ball-hawking safety, I really think we should try to pursue Baltimore's Ed Reed. He makes excellent plays, is fast, and could make a huge impact in our secondary immediately. I wouldn't mind Ty Law, but he's getting old. But what about Charles Woodson from the lowly Raiders? He could play opposite of Jammer. As for our WRs, I think if Vincent Jackson can stay healthy, he could make an impact. I also think that they should try to utilize Osgood. He's a fast WR. Just remember, he was the once that ran down Dante Hall on that kick-off return back in the 2004 season. All I know is that we'll definitely be back next year. Playoffs, Superbowl... here we come!!!

How many times are the Chargers going to keep using high draft picks on CB's? I thought Jammer was a blue chiper. Usally CB's take a few years to come into thier own anyway maybe Jammer can take it to the next level like he should. Blue chip OL's can play well right away, so I think this is the position we should address, for LT's sake. If the Chargers don't trade up maybe go after - Winston Justice. As for a CB or SS the best move In my opinion would be a proven free agent that can bring it now...and as far as getting a WR that's 5'8, Steve Smith is 5'8, right?

You can't draft a top CB, SS or SF. Those positions take two to three years to develope. We need to look to free agency for a CB and SS and move Jammer to FS. Jammer has the speed and he hits hard so we are better off getting him out of coverage where he just can't seem to keep his hands to himself. As for our OL, we have a few guys getting on in years so that is the spot to draft for depth but we should also look to pick up Hutchenson from Seattle. He is probowl OT and seattle can't afford to pay him and Alexander. We also do need a #1 WR. Sure our guys are doing great, we have three quality #2 reciever, but we could use a #1. We should not go too crazy here though, we need a good #1 not a guy who thinks the team revolves aroung him. If we want to go with a NE model and go for depth at all positions and focus on solid team guys the last thing we need is a me me me player at the premadona position witch most top WR tend to be.

I think Jammer could make an impressive mark at strong safety, maybe free. He is physical, and he should be replaced at corner either through the draft or free agency. I agree we should improve our depth on o-line, Oben won't be around as long as LT will be. We need another Hanik for special teams, more extras who can tackle. Other than that, watch out for the Chargers next year baby, did you see who they will be playing??!! Playoffs for sure!

trade down lower into the first round, draft Devin Hester of Miami a WR and a scary good kick returner and draft Ko Simpson S, So. Carolina (a bigger troy polamalu and big hitting ball hawk) in the 2nd

I think that the chargers will benefit most from drafting a corner. If you pay attention to the defensive scheme that they use, the SS usually walks up to the line prior to the ball being snapped, which automatically tells the QB that the FS is on an island. Now the FS has to cover the entire field by himself, and if there are two or more receivers going deep (successfully) you will see the FS miss a lot of plays. 50 yards is a lot of field for one man to cover. I think Jue played pretty well for his first year in the system (led the team in ints w/ 3). I think if we add a shut down corner who can actually keep a receiver from getting open down field the defense will be much improved. I went to plenty of games this year, even if the FS ran a 4.2 I dont think he makes a lot of those plays. Too much space, especially when the SS is walking up to the line giving away the coverage. Safeties are there to "HELP" with coverage not save the corner from getting burned. Draft a corner let Jue develop he will be good.

I haven't heard anyone mention one of the best BALLHAWK's in the last few years.... before I say his name, i'll admit, his team didn't do squat this year, but when he had a solid front seven in front of him, he WAS I-N-T-E-R-C-E-P-T-I-O-N and "Knock you on your @$$ if you come over the middle" and that is a free agent from the Baltimore Ravens Ed Reed!!!

Ed Reed or Troy Polamalu would be a much safer pick. These guys have been around the league and when you are a FA these days, you are a piece to a new team's puzzle. THEY know this. Don't put to much faith in the draft. AJ works wonders... there is no doubt! But someone like Reed could give the Chargers the ENFORCER (i.e. ROD-NEY, ROD-NEY!!) that we've been missing.

Look guys, we have drafted a CB with our top picks in the two drafts before last year- neither of them are truly working out. Time to find someone in Free Agency. Bringing in someone from college is not going to help the D this year- sorry doesn't work that way in the Pros. My opinion, we need a top WR or a solid LT as many of you have said. But a CB- now way!

I disagree with an earlier comment made about Quentin Jammer. Although I admit that he hasn't turned into the shutdown corner we need, I think he can still be useful. How about converting him into a safety? He has fairly good instincts, has size, and hits hard. He might just fit in at FS or even SS. Then, we could go after a corner in the draft or via free agency.

I agree with some people here. We don't need Wide recievers because McCardell, parkers, caldwell and are the best. We just need to throw the ball to them more. All we need to do is protect LT and bress more and some safey and corner. Thats what they should do. So i want to see our good wide recievers next season and ready.

our offense puts up 26.1 points per game. our offensive production is where we want it to be. an offensive lineman is not what we need. roman oben is the man at left tackle and he will dominate the trenches next year. that is why we signed him until 2008. we just need our line to stay healthy.

where do we rank on defense? #1 against the run but #28 against the pass!!! now tell me...what do we really need?

i'm taking a safety spot...maybe the 6'5, 201 lb michael huff from texas who won the Thorpe award as the best db in the nation who plays physical and is fast enough to keep up w/ top receivers. the chargers' priority is a safety.

I think it is more than obvious how badlt we need a shut down corner. The tough guys we have now are great, at getting stupid penalties, they've showed that more than enough the last two years. While a safety could help the corners tremendously. If we can take one reciever out of the game that would free up our current safties to get pics and kill RB's

As of right now, there are a couple of guys that play LT that I think represent excellent value at the #19 spot for this years draft--Jonathan Scott from Texas and Eric Winston from Miami--I would be surprised if they were both gone by then

Obviously a lot of things can change between now and the draft

we need help in secondary really bad, but I also miss Toniou Fonoti, I think he was an awesome O-lineman, it's was a drag he was was always injured and cut, but hopefully Mr. Smith chooses wisely with the 19th pick

I really don't think there is a need to draft any wide receivers. The offensive line needs to be upgraded, through the draft or trade. Depth in the O line would be a great help

We need a shut down corner period. Although Jammer usually covers the #1 reciever, he's to physical to play corner (can't keep his hands off recievers). Move him to free safety and he could be one of the best at that position. Drayton Florence has impoved and should continue to improve. Trade Rivers and get what you can for him. Reggie Wayne would be a great pickup for the receiver corp.

Common everyone.... this is what the chargers will do... We will not pick a LT or WR with the 19th pick, we will pick up the best available Saftey wether it be Huff or Bing. The LT position will be Oben's for one more year and we will use the 2nd round pick to pick up the best available LT to work behind Oben. For a WR, we will get reggie wayne for the #1 wr spot, (if you read it, smith says he wants a speed rec.).. i mean seriously, isn't it obvious that this is the best solution to all of our problems.

I say if we do draft a WR in this years draft. we need to do everything possible to get Darek Hagan out of ASU he is the most accomplished WR in this years draft. Since winning the starting position in his TRUE SOPHMORE season he has had 3 consecutive 1,000 yard seasons he is 6'2 and runs a good 40 yard dash.

Offseason plans

1. Sign Brees to a long term deal. We keep Rivers in the fold to make sure all is well. If all is well, we trade Rivers in the preseason for 2007 draft picks.

2. The Bolts have $$$$ to spend, so we sign two quality free agents that will put the Bolts over the top. Two potential F/As which could do this is: a) OG - Steve Hutchinson & b) WR - Reggie Wayne. The Bolts would get their #1 WR they need, and get a quality Run Stuffing O'lineman in the middle. LT goes for 2000 + with thise additions. How could you stop the Bolts O'

3. Draft in this order:

Rd 1 - Michael Huff - FS - Texas / Ko Simpson - FS - S. Carolina / Laron Landry - FS - LSU

Rd 2 - Jon Scott - OT - Texas / Daryn Colledge - OT - Boise St.

Rd 3 - Best available OLB/ILB for depth if Godfrey goes

Rd 4 QB - Brett Basanez - Northwestern (if Rivers gets dealt, he could be a quality backup for years to come)

Rd 5-7 best available player on the board!

we need a reciever. plain n simple... they will stretch the field opening it up for LT. we got Jammer on corner n Jue is going to come along fine. A.J. mite pick up his son even as a pick... but plain n si,ple wide reciever-spread field- LT go n become MVP... harrison was a 19th pick n look at him now.

IF we draft a Oline man in the first round i say we move jammer to safety. he can hit hard but is not a cover corner. but i say we draft tye hill from clemson. The best would be KO SIMPSON from SC