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Washington Commanders

The Commanders robbed the room for Jacobs. Final grade: B+.

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

The rest of the league will want that one back. Curtis Jacobs tumbling to the Commanders in pick 220 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They are betting Taylor III proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Troy Franklin · WR · rank 24
Troy Franklin in pick 27 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 42
J.J. McCarthy at pick No. 36 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 39
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tyler Guyton at slot 50 is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 61
Jonathon Brooks at the 53rd pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 71
No edge and no loss on Junior Colson in Round 3, Pick 2; it is a wash and a sensible one. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 75
Cooper Beebe in No. 67 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 74
Johnny Wilson in the 71st overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 94
A straight-up fair deal on Zak Zinter at Round 3, Pick 27, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 113
The board had cheaper options than Leonard Taylor III at No. 101, and it noticed. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 80
Mike Sainristil at slot 103 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 136
No drama and no debate, Cedric Gray went about where he belonged in the 138th pick. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R5.24 · Pick 160 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 171
A conviction pick on Joe Milton III at pick 160 that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 154
They barely believed it either: Jaylin Simpson still on the board at the Round 6 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 185
Curtis Jacobs at the 220th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
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