The Chargers are lucky to have Tom Telesco today, a general manager who went from hit-or-miss drafting and overpaying players to building one of the most talented teams in football with great player selections and careful cap management. Telesco is one of the 10 best in the NFL, and with more experience, the general manager could push himself into that upper tier of men who are considered geniuses at running their respective organizations.
However, a few trends have followed Telesco through his entire career keeping him from entering the conversation of the NFL’s best general manager.