COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Washington Commanders

A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a B- weekend for the Commanders.

by cthomas7k · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Commanders committed. Jayden Daniels is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline.

They are betting Ugwoegbu proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They banked enough surplus on Guyton to cover a lot of smaller sins. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back.

Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
By-the-book stuff, Jayden Daniels at slot 5 squarely in line with his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 25
Jordan Morgan at the 36th overall pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 58
They left a pile of value on the table to take Edgerrin Cooper this early at Round 2, Pick 5. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 39
Steal is underselling it; Tyler Guyton at the 67th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 56
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Brandon Dorlus at No. 69. The roster fit checks out.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 82
Somehow Mike Sainristil was still sitting there in the Round 3 slot, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 95
Fair-plus on Zak Zinter, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint · WR · rank 147
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint in pick No. 141 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · David Ugwoegbu · OLB-EDGE · rank 233
Value said wait; David Ugwoegbu in the Round 6 slot says they were not listening. The roster logic is harder to follow.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Austin Stogner · TE · rank 199
A tight end of that caliber at the 223rd pick is the definition of value, full stop. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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