COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Washington Commanders

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

by teddyk · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B
Future B

The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Commanders spent their marquee pick on Drake Maye, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback.

With tight end and interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on TE-EDGE is the choice that costs them. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

That is a cornerback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In the Round 1 slot they get the face of the franchise. A real need, handled.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 26
In pick No. 27 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kool-Aid McKinstry at pick 36. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
A clean, defensible pick in Round 2, Pick 8 with a little surplus value in Chop Robinson. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 71
They took Brenden Rice at par in the 66th pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe in No. 67 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 94
A curious use of slot 100. Tight end and interior defensive lineman needed the pick; a TE-EDGE in Cade Stover did not.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Ray Davis · RB · rank 109
Ray Davis at the 102nd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint · WR · rank 147
No drama and no debate, Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint went about where he belonged in slot 141. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 171
Value with a capital V on Frank Gore Jr. in the Round 6 slot, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Kenny Logan Jr. · S · rank 210
A tidy bit of business in the 223rd overall pick, where Kenny Logan Jr. graded well above the range. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
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