Tight End · Los Angeles Chargers

Oronde Gadsden II

No. 86 · 2nd season

Anonymous scouts just put Oronde Gadsden II in some very good company

The most honest opinions in football are the ones nobody has to sign their name to. When ESPN asked scouts and executives around the league to rank the best tight ends in the game, Oronde Gadsden II showed up in their top 10 — anonymously, which is exactly the kind of vote that means something.

Gadsden is still early in his NFL life, which makes the recognition land a little differently. These aren't his own coaches saying kind things at a press conference. These are people paid to find holes in players, and they looked at the full pool of tight ends across the league and put him in the top tier.

For the Los Angeles Chargers, that kind of outside validation matters. It says the people watching film on the other sideline see what the coaching staff sees — that Gadsden is not a depth piece or a project. He's a problem to plan around.

The list hasn't been published under anyone's byline. But the votes are in, and they tell a story all on their own.

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