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Chargers Draft Elite Athlete Jake Slaughter to Protect Herbert but Questions Remain
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Chargers Draft Elite Athlete Jake Slaughter to Protect Herbert but Questions Remain

Los Angeles Chargers On SI·Thomas Martinez·about 1 month ago
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The Los Angeles Chargers had an interesting Day 2 of the NFL draft. They entered the day with the 55th and 86th pick and left with two trades out of their picks to gain more capital on day three and only one player selected at pick No. 63 of the second round. The Chargers selected center Jake Slaughter out of Florida. The pick has been met with mixed reviews and confusion . Slaughter has never played guard before and was widely projected as a center only. Hortiz pushed back on the center-only narrative at their end-of-day two press conference. Hortiz said that they had debates and looked into whether he has the position flexibility and noted they believe that in this system, they believe he does. Joe Hortiz's comments about position flexibility, specifically in this system, will be a key point to reference back to as we discuss how Slaughter fits for the Chargers.…

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