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Washington Commanders

Maye is the plan now, and the Commanders grade out a D-.

by CJ5moker · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 0 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Commanders did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high.

Reaching for Wilson left real value on the table behind him. So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
Drake Maye in Round 1, Pick 2 is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R1.4 · Pick 4 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In the 4th overall pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 25
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 37
By-the-book stuff, Darius Robinson at pick 35 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 43
No drama and no debate, Payton Wilson went about where he belonged in slot 36. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Adisa Isaac · DE-EDGE · rank 51
A reach for Adisa Isaac in pick No. 40; a little patience would have been rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 76
They went early on Cooper Beebe in the 67th pick, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.36 · Pick 99 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 108
Will Shipley in No. 99 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 128
They reached into another round for Johnny Wilson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · James Williams · S · rank 120
A premium they did not need to pay, James Williams a notch or two before his time. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 131
They did well to land Ainias Smith in the Round 5 slot, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.3 · Pick 178 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 200
Value said wait; Jared Wiley in Round 6, Pick 3 says they were not listening. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Garret Greenfield · OT · rank 220
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Garret Greenfield. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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