COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Washington Commanders

More right than wrong for the Commanders, and a B to prove it.

by Icepak · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 2 steals · 7 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades C
Future A

The Commanders torched the value chart for Oronde Gadsden II, taking him 68 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Clark. The Jackson pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback and interior defensive lineman still on the board. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.29 · Pick 29 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 16
Chop Robinson slipping to slot 29 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 47
Patrick Paul at Round 2, Pick 4 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 50
Cooper Beebe in pick 49 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 64
The board had cheaper options than Sedrick Van Pran at pick No. 53, and it noticed. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 71
They took Chris Braswell at par in the 71st pick, which is nothing to complain about. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 87
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brenden Rice. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 102
A reach on Smael Mondon Jr. in the 92nd pick; the board had better options right there. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 98
Blake Fisher at Round 3, Pick 37 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Khyree Jackson · DB · rank 119
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Khyree Jackson adds a defensive back and leaves quarterback and interior defensive lineman untouched.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 192
Oronde Gadsden II at the 124th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.8 · Pick 144 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 178
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Raheim Sanders. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.22 · Pick 158 · Brevyn Spann-Ford · TE · rank 185
Value said wait; Brevyn Spann-Ford in slot 158 says they were not listening. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.10 · Pick 185 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 179
Nothing to complain about; Cam Hart went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.8 · Pick 228 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 171
You do not let a wide receiver like De'Corian Clark reach pick No. 228 and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.34 · Pick 254 · Zion Nelson · OT · rank 257
No edge and no loss on Zion Nelson in the 254th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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