COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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Washington Commanders

Daniels is the Commanders' new face under center. Grade: C.

by TimCart · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future B

The Commanders spent the pick that matters most on Jayden Daniels, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape. It nets out a thoroughly average C.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. That is a cornerback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

Hit on Jayden Daniels and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 7
In Round 1, Pick 6 they get a passer to set the clock by. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 31
A reasonable price with a little left over, Adonai Mitchell in No. 36. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 32
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 40, where Jackson Powers-Johnson graded well above the range. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 43
Keon Coleman in slot 47 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 69
By-the-book stuff, Patrick Paul at the 67th pick squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 70
Circle this one: Devontez Walker at the 89th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Caelen Carson · CB · rank 94
Caelen Carson in pick 100 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 131
Sataoa Laumea in the Round 4 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 136
Jarrian Jones at the 139th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Marcus Harris · DE-EDGE · rank 152
A straight-up fair deal on Marcus Harris at No. 152, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Johnny Dixon · CB · rank 190
They barely believed it either: Johnny Dixon still on the board at the Round 6 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 212
Nathaniel Watson slid further than he should have, and the 222nd pick is lovely value for the linebacker. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
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