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Washington Commanders

The Commanders worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.

by bshea · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Commanders, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Getting Suamataia where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

Adding Jermaine Johnson by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies. Taylor III has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.10 · Pick 10 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 10
In Round 1, Pick 10 they get a blindside protector. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
They paid sticker price for Chop Robinson in pick No. 36, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 57
Edgerrin Cooper at pick 49 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 53
Kingsley Suamataia at slot 67 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 75
A straight-up fair deal on Cooper Beebe at No. 72, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 72
A slide stopped in the Round 3 slot, with Blake Corum worth more than the price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 104
They took Khyree Jackson at par in the 101st overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 112
They paid up for Leonard Taylor III at the 103rd pick when waiting would have done the job. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 145
Ben Sinnott at the 138th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 183
By-the-book stuff, Curtis Jacobs at Round 6, Pick 6 squarely in line with his ranking. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 217
Sam Hartman at pick 220 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It fills a real need, too.
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