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Washington Commanders

Maye is the Commanders' new face under center. Grade: B+.

by ericsimmonsmecom · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 3 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Drake Maye is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop.

On value alone, Egbuka makes the weekend a net positive. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The Ford pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In the 8th pick they get a long-term answer under center. A real need, handled.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 11
In the Round 1 slot they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 14
The board fumbled Xavier Legette all the way to the 35th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 12
Circle this one: Rome Odunze at No. 36 is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 47
A reach for Chris Braswell in pick 37; a little patience would have been rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 24
Graham Barton is a better player than pick No. 40 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 25
A wide receiver of that caliber at slot 68 is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 112
They jumped the gun on Blake Fisher, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 95
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dominick Puni at pick No. 104 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 162
They talked themselves into Jaylan Ford at No. 141, and the board did not agree. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 174
A tidy bit of business in Round 6, Pick 7, where LaDarius Henderson graded well above the range. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Marques Cox · OT · rank 219
A reasonable price with a little left over, Marques Cox in pick 225. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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