Bolt Beat

There has been a debate around whether or not the Chargers should stay put with the fifth pick to take a top-tier wide receiver or if the team should trade down to pick up extra draft picks. While those two things have seemed mutually exclusive, there is a dream scenario in which both are possible. If the New York Giants' reported interest in drafting a quarterback is real then the Chargers can leverage that to get the best of both worlds. With the fifth pick, the Chargers are in the perfect spot to shop the pick to a team like the Minnesota Vikings, prompting the Giants to potentially trade assets to move up one spot to keep the Vikings from doing so. This might seem absurd, but this is exactly what the San Francisco 49ers did in the 2017 NFL Draft with the Chicago Bears. In that trade, the 49ers received a third and fourth-round pick in that year's draft, as well as a third-round pick in the following year's draft.