COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders left with their quarterback, and a B+ to match.

by gd · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 10 steals · 0 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

The Cooper steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but running back.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 6
Jayden Daniels at No. 4 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 12
In the 27th overall pick they get a disruptor off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · JC Latham · OT · rank 15
Somehow JC Latham was still sitting there in pick 35, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
They will replay Dallas Turner at the 36th pick for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 28
Kool-Aid McKinstry is a better player than Round 2, Pick 8 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 17
They barely believed it either: Taliese Fuaga still on the board at slot 67. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 49
They robbed the room for Kris Jenkins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Javon Bullard · S · rank 54
Javon Bullard at pick No. 100 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 48
Edgerrin Cooper in pick No. 104 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 121
Steal is underselling it; Brenden Rice at Round 5, Pick 3 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Erick All · TE · rank 129
You do not let a tight end like Erick All reach No. 152 and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Jaylen Harrell · DE-EDGE · rank 220
A straight-up fair deal on Jaylen Harrell at the 222nd overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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