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. No fireworks, but a solid B.
Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. They are betting Jackson proves the room right and everyone else wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.4
· Pick 4
· Jayden Daniels
· QB
· rank 6
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get a franchise quarterback. A real need, handled.
R1.27
· Pick 27
· Tyler Guyton
· OT
· rank 29
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3
· Pick 35
· Jordan Morgan
· OT
· rank 37
They took Jordan Morgan at par in No. 35, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.4
· Pick 36
· Cooper Beebe
· OG
· rank 47
Cooper Beebe at pick 36 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.8
· Pick 40
· Chris Braswell
· LB-EDGE
· rank 44
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Chris Braswell. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.3
· Pick 67
· Khyree Jackson
· CB
· rank 95
Value said wait; Khyree Jackson in the 67th pick says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.14
· Pick 78
· Cam Hart
· CB
· rank 100
Cam Hart at the 78th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.37
· Pick 100
· Johnny Wilson
· WR
· rank 125
Johnny Wilson at pick No. 100 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.4
· Pick 104
· Theo Johnson
· TE
· rank 122
Theo Johnson in slot 104 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.3
· Pick 139
· Isaac Guerendo
· RB
· rank 128
Isaac Guerendo is a better player than Round 5, Pick 3 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.16
· Pick 152
· Jalyx Hunt
· DE-EDGE
· rank 152
By-the-book stuff, Jalyx Hunt at pick 152 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.2
· Pick 222
· JD Bertrand
· LB
· rank 220
JD Bertrand in the Round 7 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.