COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders left with their quarterback, and a C+ to match.

by M$0 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Commanders spent their marquee pick on J.J. McCarthy, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. Every board in the league had Hopper lower, and that gap is the story. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Tampa falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

If J.J. McCarthy and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 23
In the 13th overall pick they get the face of the franchise, reach and all. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
They reached a country mile for Kingsley Suamataia at slot 36, and the board is aghast. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 44
A straight-up fair deal on Chris Braswell at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 47
No drama and no debate, Cooper Beebe went about where he belonged in the 44th pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 51
T.J. Tampa is a better player than No. 67 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 70
Nothing to complain about; Devontez Walker went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Max Melton · CB · rank 76
They paid sticker price for Max Melton in pick No. 78, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 119
Javon Foster in pick 100 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 128
Nice patience on Isaac Guerendo, who had no business lasting to No. 139. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 181
A real head-scratcher, Ty'Ron Hopper in pick 152 is miles ahead of his ranking. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 244
Josh Proctor at the 222nd pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A minor itch, scratched.
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