NFL Draft, 2018: Biggest winners & losers from Round 1

2018 NFL Draft: Biggest winners & losers from Round 1

By Aaron Tan | Apr 27, 2018

ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 26: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell walks past a video board displaying an image of Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma after he was picked #1 overall by the Cleveland Browns during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

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ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 26: Derwin James of FSU poses with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being picked #17 overall by the Los Angeles Chargers during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

Winner: Los Angeles Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers are my sleeper Super Bowl pick. They should have made the playoffs last year, ending the year as one of the hottest teams in football (remind you of any other team?). If they had made the playoffs, they would have gone deep and possibly made a Super Bowl run.

They were an extremely well-rounded team last year, and with the addition of Derwin James, a Kam Chancellor clone, the Chargers are bound to make a championship run.

I cannot stress the comparison between James and Chancellor enough. Both of them can hit viciously hard and watch opposing receivers like a hawk.

Thank God he did not fall to the Seattle Seahawks, the 49ers’ divisional rival and the team that was picking after the Chargers.

Which actually brings me to…