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Washington Commanders

A franchise passer in Williams headlines a A- weekend for the Commanders.

by Goat man · 2024 NFL Draft · 17 picks · 11 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B+

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Caleb Williams is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop.

The Ewers pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In the end it comes back to Caleb Williams, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Caleb Williams · QB · rank 2
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. A real need, handled.
R1.13 · Pick 13 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 10
Olumuyiwa Fashanu in pick 13 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 20
Amarius Mims at Round 2, Pick 2 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 39
Adonai Mitchell in pick No. 36 is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 27
Kamari Lassiter is a better player than the 40th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 41
Devontez Walker slipping to slot 49 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Kalen King · CB · rank 49
They barely believed it either: Kalen King still on the board at No. 77. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Donovan Edwards · RB · rank 103
Donovan Edwards at the 100th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Roman Wilson · WR · rank 93
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Roman Wilson at No. 102. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Quinn Ewers · QB · rank 66
They will replay Quinn Ewers at pick No. 103 for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 105
Audric Estime at slot 112 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 119
They robbed the room for Cedric Gray here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 172
No edge and no loss on Ty'Ron Hopper in the 173rd pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 163
LaDarius Henderson in the Round 6 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Bryson Nesbit · TE · rank 200
Bryson Nesbit at pick 223 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.14 · Pick 234 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 220
Steele Chambers in Round 7, Pick 14 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.34 · Pick 254 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 240
They let Eric Gentry come to them and pounced at the 254th pick. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
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