COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Washington Commanders

Best value of the weekend goes to the Commanders for Simpson: B+.

by mwilliams · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

Whoever sat across the table from the Commanders should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

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

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In the 4th overall pick they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 25
In No. 27 they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
Jackson Powers-Johnson at Round 2, Pick 2 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 34
They took Chop Robinson at par in the 36th pick, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 54
A reach on Ja'Tavion Sanders in the Round 2 slot; the board had better options right there. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 75
A conviction pick on Cooper Beebe at pick 67 that the board grades a round light. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 83
Nothing to complain about; Gabriel Murphy went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
No edge and no loss on Khyree Jackson in No. 101; it is a wash and a sensible one. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 97
They did well to land Audric Estime in Round 4, Pick 3, just ahead of his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 84
Marist Liufau at pick No. 104 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 145
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ben Sinnott. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 154
Jaylin Simpson in slot 181 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Andrew Raym · C · rank 206
Andrew Raym at the Round 6 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Brevyn Spann-Ford · TE · rank 245
A wild overpay on Brevyn Spann-Ford in the 220th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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