A high volume of trades and impressive amount of defenders in the trenches and secondary headline Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft. Oh—and the Denver Broncos drafted Utah standout Jonah Ellis to bolster their EDGE group.

The first round of the 2024 NFL Draft was packed with a bunch of surprises and that theme continued into Friday night’s Day 2 festivities. A flurry of trades dominated the entire second round with teams jockeying for position to get the top remaining players on the board—with a majority of the second-round picks being dedicated to the defensive trenches and secondary.

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The second and third rounds of the 2024 NFL Draft are when the great drafting teams start to stand out.

The second day of the NFL Draft is just as important as the first. (Thanks, John Madden).

Teams that pick on both days have the chance to shift their roster, fill potential holes or pick for the best player on their board.

The second and third rounds are also how teams start to separate themselves as great drafting teams or stay mediocre. We saw that in full force on Friday night.

Here are the winners and losers from the second...

3 picks, 3 offensive players

The Las Vegas Raiders used their second pick of Day Two on Maryland tackle Delmar Glaze at No. 77 in the third round.

Unless they trade back into the end of the third round, the Raiders are done until Saturday when they have five picks, starting at No. 112 in the fourth round. The draft starts at 9 a.m. PT.

Here are some thoughts:

Not the BAP:

Raiders’ first-year general manager Tom Telesco went away from his early-round formula by taking the best available players in the form of Georgia tight end Brock Bowers at...

Junior Colson gets the chance to play with Jim Harbaugh in Los Angeles as a member of the Chargers.

With the 69th-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Chargers selected Michigan linebacker Junior Colson. After months of assuming that the Bolts would select at least one Michigan player, Harbaugh gets one of his former team leaders and it fortunately comes at a position that the defense was truly hurting for.

Entering this week’s draft, the Chargers had only four linebackers signed to the roster in Denzel Perryman, Daiyan Henley, Nick Niemann, and Troy Dye. Two of them were signed...

The Los Angeles Chargers found another Michigan Man, this time selecting linebacker Junior Colson to fill out their defense.

The Chargers have selected linebacker Junior Colson from Michigan with the 69th pick in the NFL Draft.

True to Roman Wilson’s prediction, general manager Joe Ortiz has helped head coach Jim Harbaugh reunite with his Michigan alum, this time adding a linebacker to a back seven that sorely needs some help.

Colson ranked 51st overall on the Consensus Big Board put together by Wide Left, marking him as a bit of a steal. Already familiar with defensive coordinator Jesse Minter’s scheme,...

Las Vegas makes another high value offensive pick

The Las Vegas Raiders followed up the selection of Georgia tight end Brock Bowers in the first round, by taking Oregon offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson in the second round at No. 44.

Let’s look at some of the key aspects of the big move:

Value, value, value:

Like Bowers, Powers-Johnson was expected to go higher than he did. He was considered a late-first, early-second-round pick. Powers-Johnson, who the Raiders watched while scouting Ducks quarterback Bo Nix, offers big value. Yes, the Raiders could have went elsewhere, but new Las Vegas general manager...

The Chargers traded up in the second round to select Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey.

Here are the best reactions to the pick from social media:

Ladd McConkey brings 4.39 speed with elite route-running to a shallow wide receiver room.

The Chargers sent pick No. 37 and No. 110 to the Patriots for No. 34 and No. 137 in order to trade up for Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey.

After the team moved on both Mike Williams and Keenan Allen this offseason, the Chargers needed to add at least one or two bodies to the position group that featured just four signed wideouts entering this year’s draft. McConkey has been a pivotal player for the Bulldogs who most recently won the CFP National Championship during the...

The Los Angeles Chargers started off Day 2 with a bang, selecting a receiver to start filling out Justin Herbert’s otherwise depleted receiving corps.

The Los Angeles Chargers traded up to the 34th overall pick in order to selected Ladd McConkey, receiver from Georgia.

The Chargers moved up three spots by swapping an early fourth for an early fifth-round pick in order to select the Georgia standout. This selection comes shortly after the Buffalo Bills selected Keon Coleman, perhaps indicating that a receiver run was about to begin.

Chargers fans worried about the franchise opting for an offensive linemen instead...

Follow along with live updates from our Arrowhead Pride Draft Team.

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This article will host updates regarding Kansas City Chiefs rumors, reactions to Day 2 selections, trade updates, hot takes — and more — while also serving as an open thread for discussion in the comments. The Chiefs are currently scheduled to make one pick on Friday evening: 64 in the second round.

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First-round pick makes to Raiders’ facility

Las Vegas Raiders’ first-round pick Brock Bowers met media at the team’s Henderson facility on Friday afternoon.

Here are some highlights of his media session:

On what the past day has been like?

“It’s been pretty crazy. I feel like it hasn’t all soaked in yet, just because last night was a lot of emotions and stuff, and then I went to sleep and got up early and caught a flight out here. So, I mean, it’s exciting to see where I’m going to be at for the next couple years, and hopefully, it’s...