COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders answered their biggest question with McCarthy. Grade: A-.

by meandwarf · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

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

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. That is a safety worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Stover has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The Commanders paired the rookies with proven help, Derwin James Jr. leading the way.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 29
A conviction pick on J.J. McCarthy at pick 20 that the board grades a round light. It fills a real need, too.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 28
A slide stopped in the 36th pick, with Tyler Guyton worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 45
T'Vondre Sweat in the 40th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.19 · Pick 51 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 74
They talked themselves into Cade Stover at pick No. 51, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 55
Xavier Worthy slipping to No. 67 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Austin Booker · DE-EDGE · rank 77
They took Austin Booker at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
They went early on Khyree Jackson in slot 84, and the value did not follow. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 117
The board had cheaper options than Javon Solomon at Round 3, Pick 37, and it noticed. Hard to map this one onto the depth chart at all.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 129
The board had Isaac Guerendo higher than pick No. 139, and the running back fell to them anyway. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.34 · Pick 170 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 166
Good price on Marist Liufau in slot 170, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R6.24 · Pick 199 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 170
They will replay Malik Mustapha at Round 6, Pick 24 for years; that is how good the value is. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Julian Pearl · OT · rank 204
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Julian Pearl in the 222nd pick, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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