The Los Angeles Chargers’ biggest job this offseason is to find Philip Rivers’ replacement, which may or may not come in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Full disclosure: as a fan of the Los Angeles Chargers, I hope that they use the sixth overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to draft the team’s next franchise quarterback. However, that might not be a guarantee, especially with how the Chargers operate.
There are a lot of experienced quarterbacks that are going to be available for the Chargers to select from this season, both on the free-agent market and the trade market. If the Chargers do not love Justin Herbert and think that Tua Tagovailoa will be off the board, then I could absolutely see them going the route of an experienced quarterback.
Again, it is not ideal from a fan’s perspective, but I would rather the team sign someone who they like and can gameplan around rather than take the best available quarterback if they are not sold on him.
There is still a greater chance that the team selects a quarterback in the first round but there are other areas of the team that could be addressed as well. If the Chargers do the unlikely thing of passing on a quarterback, here are the only two options that would be worthwhile.