COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a A.

by Sean P · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 8 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop. One of the weekend's best, top to bottom, and a A to show for it.

The Bell reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. The Tampa steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Jayden Daniels and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
Jayden Daniels in slot 5 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 17
Taking Taliese Fuaga in the 36th pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 24
They read the board right and Keon Coleman was the payoff at the 37th overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 27
The board had Jordan Morgan higher than pick No. 40, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 40
T.J. Tampa at pick 67 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Jaheim Bell · TE · rank 135
A wild overpay on Jaheim Bell in the Round 3 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 92
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Bucky Irving at No. 102. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Johnny Dixon · CB · rank 124
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Johnny Dixon in Round 5, Pick 5. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.6 · Pick 142 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 131
Nice patience on Cedric Gray, who had no business lasting to No. 142. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 173
They let Jaylan Ford come to them and pounced at the 181st pick. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Tatum Bethune · LB · rank 245
A real head-scratcher, Tatum Bethune in slot 223 is miles ahead of his ranking. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
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