The NFL's finest programming on television outside actual football games is the draft, and tonight marks the 80th annual meeting of teams to select players from the college ranks for their own.
The San Diego Chargers have a total of six selections, the first of which they will make tonight in front of a packed house at Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. Barring a trade, the Bolts will select 17th out of 32 teams. Their top five needs are as follows: running back, edge-rusher, offensive line, defensive line and possibly quarterback.
Philip Rivers, a 2004 first-round pick, will be a topic of heavy discussion going into the night, as his name has been linked to a possible trade for the second overall pick held by the Tennessee Titans.