The Los Angeles Chargers are looking to rebound following an embarrassing loss to the Houston Texans in the wild-card round of the AFC playoffs last season. Star Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert turned in arguably the worst performance of his career.
As poor as Herbert played against the Texans, it’s been no secret across the league that the Chargers need to do more to surround their talented arm with the proper pieces that will allow him to succeed.
With that being said, Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz still doesn’t feel any pressure to address any spot of the roster in particular.
“I feel like we could go out and play a game tomorrow and be damn good in that game,” Hortiz said on Thursday, according to the team’s official website.
“I thought it was great,” Hortiz said of the team’s execution in free agency. “Free agency is a moving target. You go with a plan, our plan was to add as much to our team as we possibly could.
“You look at what we did, we were able to address a lot of different positions,” Hortiz continued. “Sometimes it takes some patience out the gate and I think that’s the way to play it.
“You got to make smart decisions, calculated decisions and try to build your roster as deep as you can going into the draft so you can sit there and let the draft come to you and pick the best player available. I think we were able to accomplish that.”
Hortiz has no intention of rushing the Chargers process during the draft.
“You let the board come to you,” he said. “You don’t feel the pressure, so to speak, that, ‘Oh we got to address this player, we have to take this position.’
“I just don’t feel that way because of the way we have spread ourselves out in free agency and adding to the roster and really completing the roster,” Hortiz said. “I think that’s the goal. You want to put yourself in a position to be go to draft day and say, ‘We can literally let the board come to us. We can take the best player.'”
