The Athletic

● By Daniel Popper
The Athletic’s draft expert Dane Brugler dropped his 300-plus page 2023 draft guide — nicknamed “The Beast” for self-explanatory reasons — this week. And that means it is time for our Chargers Mock Draft 3.0. Brugler has detailed scouting reports on hundreds of prospects, and his nuggets are super valuable for finding players who match the Chargers, both on and off the field, particularly later in the draft. Our typical approach with Mock 3.0 is assessing a more outside-the-box scenario for the Chargers in the first round, and we will be continuing that this year. The 2023 question: What happens if the Chargers take a running back at No. 21?