COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Washington Commanders

A passer of the future in Maye, and a C+, for the Commanders.

by What? · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A-

The Commanders spent the pick that matters most on Drake Maye, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

They will need Jones to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Legette at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In pick 6 they get their quarterback of the future. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Ladd McConkey · WR · rank 34
Ladd McConkey in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 37
Fair-plus on Jordan Morgan, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 39
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Darius Robinson in the 47th overall pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 38
You do not let a wide receiver like Xavier Legette reach slot 67 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 57
They let Payton Wilson come to them and pounced at No. 68. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 66
Kiran Amegadjie at pick No. 70 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 75
Mike Sainristil at the 78th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 135
Roger Rosengarten in the 100th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 145
Tommy Eichenberg in pick No. 137 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Dallin Holker · TE · rank 150
Dallin Holker at pick 139 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 154
Kitan Oladapo in No. 152 is fair value, right on his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 271
Value said wait; Matthew Jones in slot 222 says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 226
They did well to land Frank Gore Jr. in the Round 7 slot, just ahead of his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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