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Washington Commanders

Golday should have been long gone. The Commanders pounced, and earned a D.

by The Top Cat · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 3 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B

The phones were a trap the Commanders kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal.

If Foster pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Golday.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. The back end got a real overhaul.

Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Caleb Downs · S · rank 1
In pick No. 7 they get an enforcer at safety. Need was not the driver here.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Lee Hunter · DT · rank 48
Lee Hunter at Round 3, Pick 1 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Daylen Everette · CB · rank 81
The board had cheaper options than Daylen Everette at pick 70, and it noticed. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Ted Hurst · WR · rank 89
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ted Hurst this early at slot 71. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 59
Circle this one: Jake Golday at the 107th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Logan Jones · C · rank 91
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Logan Jones in No. 116, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.7 · Pick 147 · Drew Allar · QB · rank 157
A conviction pick on Drew Allar at pick 147 that the board grades a round light. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R6.2 · Pick 183 · Domani Jackson · CB · rank 176
Nothing to complain about; Domani Jackson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.6 · Pick 187 · Seth McGowan · RB · rank 185
Seth McGowan in Round 6, Pick 6 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.28 · Pick 209 · Riley Nowakowski · TE · rank 216
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Riley Nowakowski. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Miles Kitselman · TE · rank 225
They paid up for Miles Kitselman at slot 217 when waiting would have done the job. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.7 · Pick 223 · Bryce Foster · C · rank 251
Value said wait; Bryce Foster in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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