James pushed that narrative further a season ago, being a versatile standout in first-time coordinator Jesse Minter’s defense, too, helping the supposedly rebuilding Chargers roster a top-five defense.

ESPN's Seth Walder graded each team's offseason on Thursday, giving the Chargers a B, due to their lack of investment at edge rusher.

While it’s true Chargers second-year coach Jim Harbaugh began his head-coaching career at Torero Stadium and that the hassle of relocating an NFL training camp 120 miles will lose a few bucks over the two days, it’s smart business practice to maintain even a threadbare connection to San Diego, the franchise’s home city for 56 years.

In the NFL draft, they added Oronde Gadsden II, who has plenty of talent, but was still a fifth-round pick.RELATED: Chargers' Derwin James catches some weird shade from anonymous NFL personnelLos Angeles will try and figure out who their best option is between those two and returning veteran Will Dissly.

While the Cardinals upgraded the position group this offseason with veteran additions of Dalvin Tomlinson and Calais Campbell a season after adding Justin Jones and Bilal Nichols, in addition to the drafting of Darius Robinson and Walter Nolen in the first round of the last two drafts,

NFL Media's Tom Blair set out to build the best NFL roster while staying under the 2025 salary cap, and included were two members of the Chargers.

The Los Angeles Chargers' receiving corps remain a major question mark heading into 2025, even after the team added multiple pieces to the unit this offseason.