COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Washington Commanders

Quarterback settled, McCarthy in the fold, and a C+ for the Commanders.

by M$0 · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 5 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades F
Future A+

The Commanders spent real capital to be 73 picks early on Cedric Johnson, and the board is going to hold them to it. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

J.J. McCarthy gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. The Johnson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.

For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Hit on J.J. McCarthy and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 23
In slot 13 they get the face of the franchise, though they paid up to get him.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 22
They read the board right and Troy Fautanu was the payoff at pick No. 36. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Kingsley Suamataia well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 31
Adonai Mitchell at the 44th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 51
A quiet steal in the 67th pick: T.J. Tampa for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 122
They reached into another round for Theo Johnson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Max Melton · CB · rank 76
The board fumbled Max Melton all the way to pick 100, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Xavier Thomas · DE-EDGE · rank 162
They reached a country mile for Xavier Thomas at the Round 5 slot, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Cedric Johnson · DE-EDGE · rank 225
Cedric Johnson in the 152nd pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Cornelius Johnson · WR · rank 186
Cornelius Johnson in slot 222 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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