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Chargers WR Ladd McConkey had a breakout rookie campaign last season with 82 receptions for 1,149 yards and seven touchdowns. When appearing on the Chargers Weekly Podcast, OC Greg Roman said McConkey showed intelligence beyond his years in 2024 and they are looking forward to his continued growth.
“Ladd was such a — not a surprise — but he was such a weapon,” Roman said. “I mean, just so dependable. We were able to do things with Ladd in Year 1 that you generally don’t do with a guy until Year 3 or 4. His football IQ, a lot of different things that give him options to get open and stuff like that, graduate-level stuff, as I like to call it. We’re really looking forward to growing in that department, too, because our receiving corps right now, compared to this time last year, it’s night and day.”
Roman mentioned that they plan on moving McConkey around in their offense.
“We’re gonna move him around,” Roman said. “The guy’s got some serious talent and a serious will to get it done. Even in the playoff game, look at his production in the playoff game. He’s a guy that we’re just gonna continue to grow with. But when they double Ladd, you’ve got to play the percentages. The ball needs to go somewhere else. … So, that’s gonna open up opportunities for everybody else, and we’ve got to take advantage of those.”
Los Angeles brought in second-round WR Tre Harris and fifth-round WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith in the 2025 NFL Draft. Roman highly praised both rookies, along with Quentin Johnston, Jalen Reagor, Jaylen Johnson, Dez Fitzpatrick and Mike Williams.
“They’re a completely different unit now from a discipline standpoint, being on point play in and down in, down out. And I think we’ve added a lot of talent,” Roman said. “Really excited about our two draft picks. I think those guys are affording themselves well. Ladd’s gonna get better and better. Q (Quentin Johnston) is having a great spring so far, so I see him taking another step this year. And then Jalen Reagor, J.J. (Jaylen Johnson), Dez (Fitzpatrick) and obviously Mike, all these guys are gonna factor in. Love how that group’s playing right now and excited about them. The rookies, we’re just gonna keep pushing them, pushing them, pushing them to get up to par with the vets.”
The Chiefs doubled down on the defensive line by adding second-round DL Omarr Norman Lott and third-round DL Ashton Gillotte. Kansas City DL coach Joe Cullen had great things to say about the two rookies through their work in the offseason program.
“Well, the two are really good. I mean, when you study the draft and our scouting staff, led by our general manager, Brett Veach, they do a great job, and they were guys that we identified and had opportunities to really get around and bring them in for a visit, Zoom with them,” Cullen said, via [Ed...
