B+
Washington Commanders
The Commanders bet the future on Daniels. The board says B+.
by WASHINGTON FAN IN NC ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 1 steals
· 1 reaches
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 won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. That Rattler pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.
Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 4 they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
In pick 27 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Chris Braswell. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Jonah Elliss in the 40th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at pick No. 66 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Cooper Beebe at slot 67 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
No drama and no debate, Johnny Wilson went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 7. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They paid sticker price for Blake Fisher in the 100th pick, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
By-the-book stuff, Khyree Jackson at pick 102 squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Spencer Rattler slipping to slot 104 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
No edge and no loss on Jaheim Bell in pick No. 141; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
