COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders answered their biggest question with Maye. Grade: B-.

by Goskins21 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades D-
Future A

The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Commanders spent their marquee pick on Drake Maye, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.

They are betting Frazier proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They banked enough surplus on Corley to cover a lot of smaller sins.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but tight end.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In the 8th pick they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 42
They took Chris Braswell at par in No. 36, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Zach Frazier · C · rank 61
Zach Frazier at the 40th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 53
They paid up for Payton Wilson at pick No. 43 when waiting would have done the job. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 52
They let Malachi Corley come to them and pounced at Round 3, Pick 3. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 88
Dominick Puni at pick 74 is a conviction pick that outran the value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 93
Value with a capital V on Javon Baker in slot 101, a genuine coup. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 103
MarShawn Lloyd in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 145
Roger Rosengarten at pick 138 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Sione Vaki · S · rank 168
They read the board right and Sione Vaki was the payoff at slot 181. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Myles Cole · DE-EDGE · rank 222
Myles Cole in pick No. 220 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
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