Bolts looking for big haul for 5th pick … LA Chargers’ GM Joe Hortiz confirmed at his pre-draft presser yesterday that the Chargers are definitely amenable to trading down from the 5th pick in next week’s draft. Hortiz, though, made it pretty clear that he’s not just giving the pick away. Indeed, he said the Chargers weren’t at all interested in what he called a ‘fair trade’ presumably based on the standard draft trade chart. Instead, he indicated that the Chargers will be looking for what haul over market value. Hortiz added that he’s already received multiple calls about the pick, but hasn’t yet received any concrete offers. In fact, there won’t be much concrete coming the Chargers way until they actually get on the clock on the 25th, but they will almost certainly get plenty of interest as it is almost guaranteed that one, or even both of Michigan QB JJ McCarthy, presumably the last of the top 4 QBs still on the board, and/or Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison, the consensus top non-QB prospect this year, will still be on the board at the 5th pick.
At the same time, Giants’ GM Joe Schoen, whose team has the next pick after the Chargers, indicated at his presser yesterday that he has received a ‘surprising’ number of calls to date for the 6th pick. However, he probably shouldn’t be as there appears something of a consensus that there are 3 legit elite prospects this year including USC QB Caleb Williams, Harrison and LSU WR Malik Nabers and one of those is almost assuredly going to be on the board when the Giants get on the clock. Its interesting to note, though, that while Arizona at #4, the Chargers at #5, and Tennessee at #7, the teams that pick just before and after the Giants, have all indicated they were interested in trading down, whereas the NFC New Yorkers have not, although they of course still could but like the Chargers above would probably need to be blown away by an offer to pass on an elite impact player.
