Joe Hortiz turned five draft picks into eight contributors. The SCAV chart shows why two of three Chargers trades were Jimmy Johnson losses, and modern wins.
22 2026 NFL Draft · First Round · Pick 22 Akheem Mesidor:Mack's Successor Identified Kyle DeDiminicantanio · April 23, 2026 Draft EDGE Roster Construction The Setup The Answer The Offseason…
The Chargers have enjoyed two offseasons of cap flexibility. That era is ending.
We have enough scouting reports and positional big boards to start the mock draft process. No trade downs, no player-for-pick trades, just using the picks currently at our disposal and…
The Chargers' guard grades look alarming in a vacuum. But Mike McDaniel has never had two guards grade above 60 in the same year. The data says this roster is…
Free Agency 2026 Zigging, Then Zagging:Hortiz's Offensive Line Misfire After outsmarting the center market, the Chargers spent $26.5M on OL depth that undercuts their own compensatory pick strategy. By Kyle…
The first few hours of the tampering window mapped out the entire offseason strategy. Biadasz over Linderbaum, Mack re-signed early, Oweh allowed to walk — every decision pointed the same…
⚡ Beyond Cap Space · Part 4 → Individual Decisions · 4.1 Four Years.One System. Mike McDaniel spent four seasons coaching Alec Ingold in Miami. The Dolphins fired McDaniel. Los…
⚡ Beyond Cap Space · Signing Analysis Three Budgets,One Move Kyle DeDiminicantanio · March 6, 2026 Free Agency OL Comp Picks The Setup Washington's Cut. LA's Center. Washington released Tyler…
⚡ The Offseason Roadmap · Part 3 The CompensatoryPick Rudder Kyle De · March 2026 Free Agency Comp Picks Draft Capital The Setup The Third Budget Nobody Talks About We've…
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Sorry Tau - I was on a family vacation at Disneyland for the better part of the last week and haven’t been checking in. You should have a Wordpress toolbar…
Agreed, Erick! His drafting is pretty dang impressive. I think the good news is we are only a year or two away from not having a glut of cap space…
These are fair critiques and clearly show how deep you've gone on AV. Where I'd push back is on the conclusion: heavily aggregated, data-heavy queries are exactly where AV is…
I’m extremely fired up over the draft, as the most recent post might indicate. I’m with you. I also find it interesting that the players we drafted in later rounds…
Thank you! I’m totally toying around with as many AI tools as possible right now to see what can be of use to us. I currently have AI agent profiles…
@tau837 The Start a Storm should be working now Tau! Please let me know if you have any problems with it (may require a log in/out again. I'll work on…
I honestly love the strategy. @kevdiego , I disagree with Google AI's assumption that only 75% of players make it through to the PS when waived... unless it's accounting for…
I don't think I configured the "My Account" button when I did the overhaul. I don't know why the Start a Storm button isn't working, I'll look into both of…
Another thing I’ll add is this actually mirrors what I suggested in my “The guard spot isn’t broken, it’s on brand.” The article was all about how McDaniels offenses thrive…
I think the Giants would be our best bet for that situation. Give another Harbaugh a DeCosta-adjacent GM?
