COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders fleeced the room on the phones and earned a A.

by bshea · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

The Commanders bet big and early on Joe Milton III, 58 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. Colson at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.15 · Pick 15 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
In the 15th pick they get a red-zone target to build around at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 28
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tyler Guyton at the 44th overall pick is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.23 · Pick 55 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
They paid sticker price for Kingsley Suamataia in slot 55, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 51
T.J. Tampa in pick 66 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 52
The board fumbled Junior Colson all the way to No. 71, and they scooped it up. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Calen Bullock · S · rank 83
They took Calen Bullock at par in Round 3, Pick 18, which is nothing to complain about. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.23 · Pick 86 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
They jumped the gun on Khyree Jackson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 96
By-the-book stuff, Brenden Rice at No. 90 squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 106
No edge and no loss on Braelon Allen in the 101st pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 122
A reach for Theo Johnson in the Round 4 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.14 · Pick 114 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 125
They liked Johnny Wilson enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 114. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Michael Pratt · QB · rank 140
Michael Pratt in pick 139 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.6 · Pick 142 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 200
They talked themselves into Joe Milton III at the 142nd overall pick, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.16 · Pick 191 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 198
A straight-up fair deal on Curtis Jacobs at pick No. 191, value and slot in agreement. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Trevin Wallace · LB · rank 233
A conviction pick on Trevin Wallace at Round 7, Pick 2 that the board grades a round light. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
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