C+
Washington Commanders
Best value of the weekend goes to the Commanders for Mondon Jr.: C+.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 2 steals
· 3 reaches
The rest of the league will want that one back. Smael Mondon Jr. tumbling to the Commanders in slot 207 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.
They will need Powell-Ryland to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.
In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 29 they get a building block for the line, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They read the board right and Trey Amos was the payoff at pick No. 61. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Antwaun Powell-Ryland at pick 79 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Dont'e Thornton Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They robbed the room for Smael Mondon Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Jake Briningstool in No. 238 lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A tidy little value on Alijah Clark in the Round 7 slot, a step better than break-even. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.