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Washington Commanders

The Commanders bet the future on Maye. The board says B-.

by Fastcharlie1 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 10 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades D+
Future B-

The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Commanders spent their marquee pick on Drake Maye, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

The Legette pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Drake Maye. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 24
The board had Amarius Mims higher than the 36th pick, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 25
Graham Barton slid further than he should have, and pick 37 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 26
Cooper DeJean slipping to No. 40 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 57
They let Payton Wilson come to them and pounced at the Round 3 slot. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 38
Xavier Legette in slot 84 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 90
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Bucky Irving in pick No. 100. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Caelen Carson · CB · rank 94
Caelen Carson is a better player than Round 4, Pick 5 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 125
A slide stopped in the 139th overall pick, with Johnny Wilson worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 135
Value with a capital V on Roger Rosengarten in pick No. 152, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.3 · Pick 178 · AJ Barner · TE · rank 171
AJ Barner at pick 178 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 198
The board fumbled Curtis Jacobs all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
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