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Washington Commanders

The Commanders won the night they stopped Latham from sliding. Grade: A-.

by Hpramov · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Commanders, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend. One of the weekend's best, top to bottom, and a A- to show for it.

For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain. Latham at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The cost of the Stover reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

In the end it comes back to JC Latham, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.4 · Pick 36 · JC Latham · OT · rank 17
Taking JC Latham in slot 36 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 36
They paid sticker price for Kris Abrams-Draine in pick 37, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jack Sawyer · DE-EDGE · rank 75
By-the-book stuff, Jack Sawyer at No. 68 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Rod Moore · S · rank 81
Rod Moore at the 82nd overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 93
A reasonable price with a little left over, Zak Zinter in pick No. 100. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 89
Value with a capital V on Christian Haynes in the 104th pick, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 101
A clean, defensible pick in pick 105 with a little surplus value in Kiran Amegadjie. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.28 · Pick 128 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 136
They went early on Cade Stover in the 128th overall pick, and the value did not follow. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 144
No drama and no debate, Payton Wilson went about where he belonged in Round 5, Pick 5. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Ashton Gillotte · DL-EDGE · rank 163
They barely believed it either: Ashton Gillotte still on the board at pick No. 182. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.8 · Pick 183 · Andrew Raym · C · rank 184
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Andrew Raym. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.42 · Pick 217 · Willie Roberts · CB · rank 206
A quiet steal in the 217th pick: Willie Roberts for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Darius Muasau · LB · rank 216
Darius Muasau is a better player than No. 225 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Jaylon Carlies · S · rank 224
Jaylon Carlies in the Round 7 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
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