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Washington Commanders

Nobody dealt better than the Commanders this weekend: A-.

by mwilliams · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

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.

They are betting Wiley proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The Solomon pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher and quarterback still on the board. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Newton.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Olumuyiwa Fashanu and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
In pick No. 8 they get a blindside protector. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 34
They took Ja'Tavion Sanders at par in the 36th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 48
A reach on T'Vondre Sweat in the Round 2 slot; the board had better options right there. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 43
A straight-up fair deal on Payton Wilson at slot 43, value and slot in agreement. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 76
The board had cheaper options than Cooper Beebe at the 67th pick, and it noticed. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 67
Patrick Paul in No. 68 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 66
Mike Sainristil at pick 69 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 116
A surprising call. With edge rusher and quarterback still to address, they spent Round 3, Pick 37 on Javon Solomon, an OLB-EDGE they were not short of.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 98
Nothing to complain about; Malik Washington went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 125
Josh Newton at Round 5, Pick 3 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.7 · Pick 143 · Nehemiah Pritchett · CB · rank 134
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Nehemiah Pritchett in slot 143. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 200
They reached a country mile for Jared Wiley at No. 179, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Kimani Vidal · RB · rank 240
Kimani Vidal at the 222nd overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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