B
Washington Commanders
The Commanders let Henderson fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by All in ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
Call it larceny. TreVeyon Henderson sat on the board until pick No. 146, and the Commanders did not need to be asked twice.
The cost of the Fleming reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 26 they get a double-digit-sack hope. A real need, handled.
Nick Emmanwori at the 59th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor need, but a need all the same.
A tight end of that caliber at the Round 3 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Somehow TreVeyon Henderson was still sitting there in pick 146, and they pounced on premier running back value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No drama and no debate, Seth McLaughlin went about where he belonged in the 202nd overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They robbed the room for Jack Kiser here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Julian Fleming this early at Round 7, Pick 30. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.