When Tom Telesco traded up to draft Melvin Gordon in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft, he—and the organization—justified the selection with tantalizing promises of game-breaking ability, as well as greatness.
Melvin Gordon flashed that potential against one of the best run defenses in football last Sunday, capping off a wild turnaround in a career trajectory once deemed to be doomed.
Now, let me backtrack a little bit to that fateful Thursday night, a night when the Chargers’ GM spent both a fourth- and fifth-rounder just to move up two spots in the draft.