B
Washington Commanders
The Commanders won the night they stopped Burke from sliding. Grade: B.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 6 steals
· 0 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Denzel Burke got past him. The Commanders do not have to explain a thing at slot 127. No fireworks, but a solid B.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.
Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but tight end.
Pick-by-Pick
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Andrew Mukuba at pick 79 is the proof. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Donovan Jackson at pick No. 119 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Denzel Burke at the Round 4 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
You do not let a wide receiver like Dont'e Thornton Jr. reach Round 6, Pick 29 and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
CJ West in the 238th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
They barely believed it either: Trevor Etienne still on the board at No. 250. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.