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Washington Commanders

A franchise passer in Maye headlines a D- weekend for the Commanders.

by CJ5moker · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 0 steals · 8 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future B

There is reaching, and then there is Cooper Beebe at No. 40. The Commanders jumped the board by 35 and dared it to prove them wrong. A D- that will need time and luck to look better.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Drake Maye is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off.

Budda Baker gives the group a proven body among the projects.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
Drake Maye in the Round 1 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 22
In pick 20 they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 34
In the 27th pick they get juice off the edge at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 47
They went early on Patrick Paul in Round 2, Pick 3, and the value did not follow. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 45
The board had cheaper options than Devontez Walker at No. 36, and it noticed. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 75
A wild overpay on Cooper Beebe in the 40th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 76
Malachi Corley in the 67th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 94
Zak Zinter in pick 84 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
No drama and no debate, Khyree Jackson went about where he belonged in pick No. 101. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 134
Value said wait; Will Shipley in the 103rd overall pick says they were not listening. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · James Williams · S · rank 135
A conviction pick on James Williams at No. 121 that the board grades a round light. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 157
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ty'Ron Hopper in the Round 5 slot, miles early. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 145
Ben Sinnott at Round 5, Pick 2 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 183
Jaylan Ford in slot 181 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Gabe Hall · DL · rank 220
They paid sticker price for Gabe Hall in pick 220, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
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