D
Washington Commanders
Maye is the Commanders' new face under center. Grade: D.
by CJ5moker ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 5 steals
· 9 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Mason McCormick, 58 picks early at Round 4, Pick 1.
The whole projection now runs through Drake Maye; hit there and everything else looks smarter. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere.
Landing Coleman that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. A real need, handled.
In the 27th overall pick they get a disruptor off the edge. A clean fit for the roster.
Jackson Powers-Johnson at pick No. 35 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They took Jordan Morgan at par in slot 36, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A reach for T'Vondre Sweat in Round 2, Pick 8; a little patience would have been rewarded. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A reach on Cooper Beebe in the 66th pick; the board had better options right there. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They will replay Keon Coleman at the 67th pick for years; that is how good the value is. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Khyree Jackson at the 68th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They went early on Cade Stover in the Round 3 slot, and the value did not follow. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Calen Bullock is a better player than No. 90 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Will Shipley in pick No. 99 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
A wild overpay on Mason McCormick in pick 101, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A conviction pick on James Williams at Round 4, Pick 3 that the board grades a round light. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Johnny Wilson at slot 136 is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
The board fumbled Jarvis Brownlee Jr. all the way to pick 137, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board had cheaper options than Marist Liufau at slot 138, and it noticed. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Jaylan Ford in pick No. 178 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint at No. 222 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.