B
Washington Commanders
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Commanders.
by Steven S ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Commanders spent pick 102 on Joe Milton III, a name the board had a full 62 spots lower. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Sainristil.
On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 2 they get a true top target. The biggest hole, addressed.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Troy Fautanu. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A straight-up fair deal on Tyler Guyton at the 40th pick, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
The board had Graham Barton higher than pick No. 67, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Steal is underselling it; Mike Sainristil at No. 100 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Joe Milton III in the 102nd overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
The board had cheaper options than Jaylen Wright at slot 141, and it noticed. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Christian Jones in pick No. 181 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They read the board right and Jha'Quan Jackson was the payoff at the 223rd pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.