COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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Commanders Rebuild pt1 A-

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders let Thomas Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: A-.

by Gavin1 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

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 sum of the weekend is a deserved A-.

The Thomas Jr. pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

Trust the process, because this time the process plainly worked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.10 · Pick 10 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 11
In pick 10 they get a blindside protector. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.16 · Pick 16 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 21
In No. 16 they get juice off the edge at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 36
Kris Abrams-Draine in the 37th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 56
A slide stopped in pick No. 68, with Cooper Beebe worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Brian Thomas Jr. · WR · rank 53
Brian Thomas Jr. in the 79th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Zach Frazier · C · rank 92
They went early on Zach Frazier in the Round 3 slot, and the value did not follow. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 109
They paid up for Tommy Eichenberg at slot 100 when waiting would have done the job. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Luke Lachey · TE · rank 107
No drama and no debate, Luke Lachey went about where he belonged in the 104th pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 114
They did well to land Blake Fisher in pick 121, just ahead of his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Shemar Turner · DL-EDGE · rank 136
Nothing to complain about; Shemar Turner went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 173
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jaylin Simpson at the Round 6 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.19 · Pick 194 · Jack Nelson · OT · rank 177
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jack Nelson in No. 194. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Willie Roberts · CB · rank 211
Willie Roberts at the 225th overall pick is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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