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Washington Commanders

The Commanders won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A-.

by DREDD · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 3 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Nathaniel Watson at pick No. 225 is 55 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It holds up to a second look, which is why it earns the A-.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.18 · Pick 18 · JC Latham · OT · rank 16
In pick 18 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Quinn Ewers · QB · rank 41
Quinn Ewers at the 36th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 28
Adonai Mitchell at Round 2, Pick 5 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 55
No drama and no debate, Cooper Beebe went about where he belonged in slot 50. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 60
Value with a capital V on Cooper DeJean in the 68th pick, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 99
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Braelon Allen. The roster fit checks out.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 108
No edge and no loss on Tommy Eichenberg in No. 104; it is a wash and a sensible one. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Mohamed Kamara · DL-EDGE · rank 131
The board had Mohamed Kamara higher than the 141st overall pick, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 198
Darius Robinson in pick No. 182 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 280
A real head-scratcher, Nathaniel Watson in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
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