COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

  1. Home
  2. My Stuff
  3. C55

C55 A-

URL c55-4315

Letter grade with a four-component score, written analysis, and a pick-by-pick breakdown for every selection in this saved mock.

My Mock Drafts →
Grade another draft →
A-

Washington Commanders

The Commanders drew a line under the quarterback search with Maye: A-.

by Cj5moker · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 4 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

Start where it matters. The Commanders took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

They are betting McCormick proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The Wiley pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Drake Maye and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In No. 4 they get their quarterback of the future. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 23
In the 27th pick they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 24
Nice patience on Amarius Mims, who had no business lasting to pick 36. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 60
Nothing to complain about; Malachi Corley went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 69
Good price on Patrick Paul in the Round 3 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 65
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Christian Haynes at Round 3, Pick 14. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.22 · Pick 85 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
They jumped the gun on Khyree Jackson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 132
Christian Jones at the 90th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Mason McCormick · OT · rank 146
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Mason McCormick well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.11 · Pick 111 · James Williams · S · rank 125
James Williams at Round 4, Pick 11 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 141
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ainias Smith. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 130
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ben Sinnott in No. 139. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Xavier Thomas · DE-EDGE · rank 162
Xavier Thomas in pick 152 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 200
They went early on Joe Milton III in pick No. 186, and the value did not follow. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Garret Greenfield · OT · rank 216
A reasonable price with a little left over, Garret Greenfield in the 222nd pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 206
They will replay Jared Wiley at slot 231 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
View Full Draft