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Washington Commanders

The Commanders answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: A-.

by MM · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 1 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A

Start where it matters. The Commanders took Jayden Daniels to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. They executed a plan and it shows in the A-.

They will need Rosengarten to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

The Milton III steal is the beam this whole class leans on. Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

A strong weekend's work, and a rare one to find this little fault with.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 6
By-the-book stuff, Jayden Daniels at No. 6 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 31
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jackson Powers-Johnson in pick No. 36. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 36
No edge and no loss on Ja'Tavion Sanders in pick 37; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Ladd McConkey · WR · rank 34
A clean, defensible pick in Round 2, Pick 8 with a little surplus value in Ladd McConkey. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 41
Kamari Lassiter at the Round 2 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 66
Kiran Amegadjie in the 67th pick is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 69
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Patrick Paul. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 79
They took Brandon Dorlus at par in the 78th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 135
Roger Rosengarten in the 100th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Mason McCormick · OT · rank 146
They paid sticker price for Mason McCormick in slot 139, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 145
Tommy Eichenberg at Round 5, Pick 16 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 201
They barely believed it either: Joe Milton III still on the board at pick No. 222. A need, and now a little less of one.
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