COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

by mwilliams · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

Whoever sat across the table from the Commanders should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend.

The McClellan pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 27
In pick 27 they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 28
Fair-plus on Troy Fautanu, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Kamren Kinchens · S · rank 37
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kamren Kinchens. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Bralen Trice · DE-EDGE · rank 39
Bralen Trice in No. 40 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe in pick No. 67 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Tyler Davis · DT · rank 95
A tidy little value on Tyler Davis in slot 100, a step better than break-even. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
No drama and no debate, Khyree Jackson went about where he belonged in the 102nd pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Marshawn Kneeland · DE-EDGE · rank 106
Marshawn Kneeland at the 105th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 134
They did well to land Kamal Hadden in No. 141, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · AJ Barner · TE · rank 186
They paid sticker price for AJ Barner in the 181st overall pick, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 209
Nice patience on Jase McClellan, who had no business lasting to Round 7, Pick 3. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Brevyn Spann-Ford · TE · rank 216
The board had Brevyn Spann-Ford higher than pick 226, and the tight end fell to them anyway. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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