B
Washington Commanders
Good, not great, for the Commanders: B.
by bshea ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 22 picks
· 6 steals
· 6 reaches
The Commanders torched the value chart for Carson Steele, taking him 93 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.
The Rosengarten pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. It is not that Stover is a bad player; it is that the Commanders had louder needs to answer first.
A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They took Junior Colson at par in the 44th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
No edge and no loss on Adisa Isaac in No. 50; it is a wash and a sensible one. A need, and now a little less of one.
Malachi Corley in pick No. 55 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They jumped the gun on Cooper Beebe, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Xavier Legette at pick 66 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
The board had cheaper options than Khyree Jackson at pick No. 71, and it noticed. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They paid sticker price for Sedrick Van Pran in the 75th overall pick, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Of all the spots to shop, they chose TE-EDGE. Cade Stover in slot 77 leaves tight end for later.
They read the board right and Blake Corum was the payoff at No. 92. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
No drama and no debate, Leonard Taylor III went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 32. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Nice patience on DJ James, who had no business lasting to the Round 4 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick 103 on Javon Solomon with tight end unsolved.
By-the-book stuff, James Williams at the 111th pick squarely in line with his ranking. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Johnny Wilson in No. 112 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A straight-up fair deal on Javon Foster at Round 4, Pick 14, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Mohamed Kamara. It fills a real need, too.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Joe Milton III. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Roger Rosengarten in the 181st pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Value with a capital V on Sione Vaki in slot 182, a genuine coup. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Steele Chambers in the Round 6 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Carson Steele in pick 220 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.