COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Washington Commanders

Best value of the weekend goes to the Commanders for Williams: C+.

by Brice · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 5 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades D+
Future B-

When a board-topper like James Williams slides to slot 144, you do not overthink it, and the Commanders did not. A mixed bag that lands at C+.

That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. If Limmer pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

The Stover pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with wide receiver and tight end still on the board. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.

If Dallas Turner and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In pick 12 they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 28
Nice patience on Graham Barton, who had no business lasting to pick No. 36. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 46
J.J. McCarthy at No. 40 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 70
By-the-book stuff, Blake Fisher at slot 66 squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 79
Jaylen Wright at the Round 3 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 85
A curious use of Round 3, Pick 12. Wide receiver and tight end needed the pick; a TE-EDGE in Cade Stover did not.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 84
Fair-plus on Khyree Jackson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Beaux Limmer · C · rank 124
Beaux Limmer in the 101st pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 126
A big swing on Cedric Gray at Round 4, Pick 3, well ahead of any board in the building. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 88
Gabriel Murphy at slot 105 is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.22 · Pick 122 · Tyler Davis · DT · rank 119
Nothing to complain about; Tyler Davis went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 117
They will replay Sataoa Laumea at pick No. 138 for years; that is how good the value is. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.8 · Pick 144 · James Williams · S · rank 120
The board fumbled James Williams all the way to the 144th overall pick, and they scooped it up. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 175
A clean, defensible pick in pick 181 with a little surplus value in Dwight McGlothern. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 211
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing JD Bertrand in the 220th pick. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
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