B-
Washington Commanders
The Commanders left with their quarterback, and a B- to match.
by 2024 mock drafts ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 0 steals
· 3 reaches
The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Commanders spent their marquee pick on Jayden Daniels, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.
They are betting Rosengarten proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but wide receiver.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 2 they get their quarterback of the future. A clean fit for the roster.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Kingsley Suamataia. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
No drama and no debate, Chris Braswell went about where he belonged in the 40th overall pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They liked Austin Booker enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 67. The roster fit checks out.
Max Melton in pick 78 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Roger Rosengarten at the Round 3 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jaylin Simpson. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Tommy Eichenberg at the 152nd pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Garret Greenfield at the 222nd pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.