playmaker

Four of the team’s first six picks were devoted to skill positions to surround quarterback Justin Herbert with playmakers.

Fly-half Holly Aitchison guided England to victory that day and was in pole position to retain the 10 shirt this campaign, but Mitchell has instead split the workload between his three playmakers.

With Herbert still at the center of the team’s plans, the Chargers spent the first phase of free agency hoping to surround the quarterback with steady playmakers.

So much so that they may have selected the fiery, aggressive playmaker — capable of defending and scoring — earlier than anticipated.

But there is a gaping hole in the team for the type of deep-lying playmaker role he could fill.