With the fifth-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Chargers selected Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt.
So after all the reports and vibes that Jim Harbaugh is planning to run the mess out of the football, they’ve turned out to be true with the decision to draft the draft’s top tackle over any of the top wide receivers remaining not named Marvin Harrison Jr. Even after the media blitz predicting that it would be Alabama’s JC Latham at No. 5, the Chargers elected to go with a monolithic tackle in the 6’9 Alt.
Jim Harbaugh voiced to the media during the league meetings in March that the offensive line is the only group of players on the field who aren’t reliant on the performance.