Over the next couple of weeks, we will break down the depth chart for each Chargers position.
Today, the focus is on how the interior part of the protective line will appearance heading into 2022.
Sebastian Joseph-Day
The Chargers endedup with the worst run defense last season, which led to the finalizing of Joseph-Day, who is a top-tier run protector and is familiar with Brandon Staley. When Staley manage the Rams’ top-ranked defense, Joseph-Day had a career-high 33 run stops, 2 passes safeguarded, and a required fumble. He was on his method to goingbeyond those in 2021, however an regrettable broken pectoral continual in Week 7 kept him out. Still, with a mix of speed, power, and violent hands, Joseph-Day can win individually matches and eat-up blockers to let his fellow colleagues stroll easily. Joseph-Day has 55 defensive stops consideringthat 2020, connected for 15th. Every other gamer in the Top 15 has at least 1,000 snaps over the period, whereas he’s put up 55 stops on simply 728 snaps, per Pro Football Focus.
Austin Johnson
Johnson was likewise included in an effort to enhance the run defense. After costs the veryfirst 4 years of his profession with the Titans, who prepared him in the 2nd round of the 2016 NFL draft, Johnson invested the past 3 seasons with the Giants, in which he did not missouton a single videogame. After serving as a rotational protector, Johnson endedupbeing a full-time starter in 2021 and had a beast year with 72 integrated dealswith while including 37 run stops, 22 quarterback pressures, 3.5 sacks, and 7 quarterback hits. Both Joseph-Day and Johnson can line up as a nose dealwith over the center or line up evenmore from the ball.
Otito Ogbonnia
To continue stockpiling defensive linemen to revamp last year’s front, the Chargers chosen Ogbonnia in the 5th round of this year’s draft. Ogbonnia tallied 76 overall takeson, 8.5 dealswith for loss, 4.5 sacks, 2 required fumbles, and 6 passes safeguarded in his 4 seasons with UCLA. At 6-foot-4 and 324 pounds, Ogbonnia’s time as a previous shot putter reveals up on the football field as he wins