COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Washington Commanders

Cooper Jr. should have been long gone. The Commanders pounced, and earned a B.

by Maddmax · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades C
Future A

Thirty-one other rooms let Omar Cooper Jr. slide, and the Commanders were the ones holding the card at Round 3, Pick 17. Highway robbery. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end. The Zuhn III pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.32 · Pick 32 · Chris Johnson · CB · rank 32
In slot 32 they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 34
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Dillon Thieneman. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Omar Cooper Jr. · WR · rank 55
They robbed the room for Omar Cooper Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.36 · Pick 100 · Emmett Johnson · RB · rank 98
Emmett Johnson at the 100th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Bryce Lance · WR · rank 122
A conviction pick on Bryce Lance at pick No. 107 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.1 · Pick 141 · Zxavian Harris · DT · rank 150
They paid up for Zxavian Harris at pick 141 when waiting would have done the job. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.7 · Pick 147 · Beau Stephens · OG · rank 153
They paid sticker price for Beau Stephens in the 147th pick, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.6 · Pick 187 · Ephesians Prysock · CB · rank 185
Ephesians Prysock in Round 6, Pick 6 is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.20 · Pick 201 · Taylen Green · QB · rank 184
Taylen Green slid further than he should have, and slot 201 is lovely value for the quarterback. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.28 · Pick 209 · Jadon Canady · CB · rank 206
Jadon Canady at Round 6, Pick 28 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.7 · Pick 223 · Trey Zuhn III · OT · rank 239
The board had cheaper options than Trey Zuhn III at the Round 7 slot, and it noticed. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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