COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B.

by Meandwarf · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A
Future B-

Start where it matters. The Commanders took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

Landing Singer that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Every board in the league had Castles lower, and that gap is the story. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The trade work was a quiet net positive.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
Drake Maye in the Round 1 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · JC Latham · OT · rank 17
In No. 17 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · JT Tuimoloau · DE-EDGE · rank 33
A straight-up fair deal on JT Tuimoloau at Round 2, Pick 2, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 46
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at slot 42 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 61
A clean, defensible pick in the 66th overall pick with a little surplus value in Denzel Burke. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 80
They jumped the gun on Jackson Powers-Johnson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 93
Nothing to complain about; Zak Zinter went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Beau Brade · S · rank 114
They liked Beau Brade enough to skip the value, taking him in the 102nd pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · McCallan Castles · TE · rank 159
McCallan Castles in pick 139 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Cody Schrader · RB · rank 179
They took Cody Schrader at par in the 180th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Dorian Singer · WR · rank 177
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Dorian Singer in the Round 7 slot, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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