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Maye then trade 36 B-

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Washington Commanders

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

by db · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

The war room fell hard for Tatum Bethune, and it showed at slot 181: 73 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

The whole projection now runs through Drake Maye; hit there and everything else looks smarter. They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In pick No. 2 they get a franchise quarterback at fair value.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 52
Kiran Amegadjie at slot 40 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
A straight-up fair deal on Jackson Powers-Johnson at the 48th pick, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Marshawn Kneeland · DE-EDGE · rank 104
They left a pile of value on the table to take Marshawn Kneeland this early at the 67th overall pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.33 · Pick 96 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 100
Blake Fisher at the Round 3 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 150
Theo Johnson at pick 100 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 93
Nice patience on Bucky Irving, who had no business lasting to the Round 4 slot. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.14 · Pick 114 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 119
They took Malik Washington at par in No. 114, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 135
Cedric Gray in the 141st overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Tatum Bethune · LB · rank 254
Tatum Bethune in the 181st pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Carson Steele · RB · rank 259
A wild overpay on Carson Steele in pick No. 223, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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