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Washington Commanders

The Commanders answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: D.

by DutchNugget · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 2 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future B

Some picks age like wine; Jaden Shirden at the 181st pick will need to, sitting 127 spots clear of his grade.

They have staked the next five years on Jayden Daniels, which is the only story that really matters here. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. The Colson pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at cornerback, edge rusher and other spots.

A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. On value alone, Travis makes the weekend a net positive.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, cornerback very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
No drama and no debate, Joe Alt went about where he belonged in pick No. 5. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R1.8 · Pick 8 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In the Round 1 slot they get their quarterback of the future at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 26
A tidy bit of business in Round 2, Pick 4, where Jordan Morgan graded well above the range. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 42
Xavier Legette at pick 37 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 47
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ja'Tavion Sanders. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 61
A reasonable price with a little left over, Edgerrin Cooper in the 67th overall pick. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 75
Good price on Jonathon Brooks in Round 3, Pick 15, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 128
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Cade Stover well ahead of where he belonged. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 115
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Junior Colson while clear needs at cornerback, edge rusher and other spots sat open.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 133
A reach on Javon Foster in the 116th overall pick; the board had better options right there. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 157
Ainias Smith at the 141st pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 143
Nice patience on Jordan Travis, who had no business lasting to the Round 5 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 158
Ben Sinnott in slot 160 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jaden Shirden · RB · rank 308
A wild overpay on Jaden Shirden in No. 181, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Hayden Hatten · WR · rank 323
Hayden Hatten at the 223rd pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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