COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: A.

by hurst53 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 7 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop. Very little went wrong, and the A is earned.

Getting Jones where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 6
Jayden Daniels in the 4th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 25
In pick 27 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 28
A tidy bit of business in No. 36, where Kool-Aid McKinstry graded well above the range. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 32
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Adonai Mitchell at the Round 2 slot is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Austin Booker · DE-EDGE · rank 68
Austin Booker at slot 67 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 83
No edge and no loss on Cade Stover in the 78th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 82
Brandon Dorlus slipping to pick No. 90 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Calen Bullock · S · rank 88
Calen Bullock slid further than he should have, and Round 3, Pick 37 is lovely value for the safety. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 133
Bucky Irving at pick 139 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 123
Jarrian Jones at slot 152 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 165
McKinnley Jackson at the 180th overall pick is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Justin Eboigbe · DL-EDGE · rank 193
A straight-up fair deal on Justin Eboigbe at the 186th pick, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 207
A slide stopped in the Round 7 slot, with Nathaniel Watson worth more than the price. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
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