Chargers News: How LA Can Use Draft To Improve Reserve Quarterbacks

Your Los Angeles Chargers don't really have a problem when it comes to their QB1. That job vacancy is all sewn up, thanks to Pro Bowler Justin Herbert's rocket arm.

But how new Bolts general manager Joe Hortiz opts to operate beyond him remains to be seen. Easton Stick, the Chargers' primary Herbert backup, started the final four contests of the season after Herbert went down for good following a right wrist surgery. 

He performed competently, if unspectacularly, while surrounded by several less-than-amazing offensive compliments with Los Angeles essentially punting the season. Stick is now a free agent, and it remains to be seen whether or not the club will opt to retain him. It can probably ill afford to do so, given that it is $31.7 million over the NFL's expected 2024 cap. Seventh round rookie pick Max Duggan doesn't seem like a sure thing to survive till training camp.

Alex Katson of USA Today unpacks four intriguing amateur options Hortiz could select at some point in this spring's NFL draft. The Chargers have all seven of their picks this year, starting with the fifth pick, though given the awesomeness of Herbert, it would certainly behoove Hortiz to address some of their major needs elsewhere, perhaps at the tight end position.

Katson proposes Kentucky play caller Devin Leary and Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman, among others, as fascinating options for Los Angeles. The full breakdown is well worth reading in full.