B
Washington Commanders
Nobody dealt better than the Commanders this weekend: B.
by RSW ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 1 steals
· 7 reaches
When the story of this class is written, it opens with Theo Johnson at Round 4, Pick 1, a reach of 51 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
Adding Justin Fields by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 9 they get a blindside protector. Exactly the need they had to hit.
The board had cheaper options than Chris Braswell at pick No. 40, and it noticed. It fills a real need, too.
They took Edgerrin Cooper at par in No. 51, which is nothing to complain about. A minor itch, scratched.
They paid sticker price for Johnny Wilson in the 67th overall pick, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Khyree Jackson in slot 100 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They reached into another round for Theo Johnson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Justin Eboigbe at pick 103 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They let Dominick Puni come to them and pounced at pick No. 111. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
James Williams at slot 138 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Value said wait; Michael Barrett in No. 142 says they were not listening. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Roger Rosengarten in the 181st overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They jumped the gun on Tarheeb Still, taking him earlier than his grade liked. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Hunter Nourzad in the 230th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Isaac Guerendo at the Round 7 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
