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Column: Tom Telesco’s big move for Chargers; Philip Rivers gets some help and more from NFL Draft Day 2

Tom Telesco has fallen hard for other linebackers, but never harder than he did Thursday night for Kenneth Murray. This was must-have infatuation.

To get Murray, a linebacker from Oklahoma, the Chargers’ talent man dealt two premium picks, something he’d never done in eight drafts. The ascent from 37 to 23 was also Telesco’s steepest yet.

Will the investment play out better than Telesco’s climbs to get Manti Te’o and Jerry Attaochu, and his first and second contracts to Denzel Perryman?

Here’s one reason why it should: Murray runs very fast for an inside linebacker, helping him to make all 42 starts in three years.