COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders answered their biggest question with McCarthy. Grade: B+.

by bshea · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B
Future A+

Start where it matters. The Commanders took J.J. McCarthy to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

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

Every board in the league had Wallace lower, and that gap is the story.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 20
In the Round 1 slot they get a sticky cover corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 29
In the 20th pick they get a franchise quarterback, reach and all. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 38
A straight-up fair deal on Xavier Legette at No. 40, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 59
A conviction pick on Kingsley Suamataia at Round 2, Pick 16 that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Braden Fiske · DL · rank 56
No edge and no loss on Braden Fiske in slot 58; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 96
Khyree Jackson at pick 91 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Calen Bullock · S · rank 83
They read the board right and Calen Bullock was the payoff at pick No. 100. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 89
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 112th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.19 · Pick 119 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 126
Johnny Wilson at slot 119 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 135
They paid up for Roger Rosengarten at Round 4, Pick 26 when waiting would have done the job. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Trevin Wallace · LB · rank 233
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Trevin Wallace. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 196
The board fumbled Jase McClellan all the way to the 222nd overall pick, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 258
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Sam Hartman. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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