B+
Washington Commanders
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Commanders and Wilson: B+.
by Willy21P ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 6 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Payton Wilson slide, and the Commanders were the ones holding the card at slot 100. Highway robbery. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Dallas Turner at pick No. 36 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
You do not let an offensive lineman like Amarius Mims reach the 40th pick and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
J.J. McCarthy at Round 3, Pick 3 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.
They robbed the room for Payton Wilson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Nothing to complain about; Tykee Smith went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They will replay Dillon Johnson at slot 141 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Julian Pearl in the 181st overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Need-wise, a curious use of the pick.
Austin Stogner at the 223rd overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.