COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders left with their quarterback, and a A- to match.

by teddyk · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 7 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Commanders committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A-.

Getting Gray where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Spending an early pick on DT-EDGE with wide receiver, cornerback and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In Round 1, Pick 14 they get their quarterback of the future, and a steal at that.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In the 27th pick they get a disruptor off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 48
Patrick Paul in the 36th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
A premium they did not need to pay, Jackson Powers-Johnson a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 54
Ja'Tavion Sanders in slot 45 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 62
A clean, defensible pick in pick 67 with a little surplus value in Jonathon Brooks. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
A want over a need in No. 100: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while wide receiver, cornerback and other spots keeps waiting.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 85
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Gabriel Murphy at the Round 4 slot is the proof. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 97
Tykee Smith in pick No. 141 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 135
A linebacker of that caliber at slot 181 is the definition of value, full stop. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 197
Somehow Christian Jones was still sitting there in the 223rd pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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