Chargers must now turn to April's draft for a pass-rusher

The last unrestricted free agent pass-rusher has now been signed, as Kamerion Wimbley agreed to a five year, $35 million deal with the Tennessee Titans today.

There had been speculation that the San Diego Chargers were interested in adding Wimbley, who spent the last two seasons with the division rival Oakland Raiders. But there was no way San Diego general manager A.J. Smith was going to spend that type of dough on Wimbley, a good-but-not-great pass-rusher. Smith has already spent a lot of money during this free-agent period, so overpaying for Wimbley clearly wasn't an option.

Now that all the veteran pass-rushers are gone, one has to assume Smith will pick someone such as Illinois' Whitney Mercilus or USC's Nick Perry in the first round--or Clemson's Andre Branch or Troy's Jonathan Massaquoi in the second. Smith is quite a tricky fellow, though, so who knows what he's thinking at this point?