COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Washington Commanders

Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Commanders.

by Steven S · 2024 NFL Draft · 9 picks · 0 steals · 7 reaches
Value C
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

The Commanders looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Michael Pratt at pick No. 40 regardless, 62 picks early.

That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Tight end was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
They paid sticker price for Brock Bowers in the 2nd overall pick, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 41
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyler Guyton. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Michael Pratt · QB · rank 102
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Michael Pratt well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 90
Sedrick Van Pran at Round 3, Pick 3 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 150
Theo Johnson in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 127
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tommy Eichenberg in the 102nd pick, miles early. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 158
The board had cheaper options than Jaylen Wright at Round 5, Pick 5, and it noticed. It fills a real need, too.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 205
A big swing on Jared Wiley at the 181st overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Tatum Bethune · LB · rank 254
Tatum Bethune at slot 223 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.