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Washington Commanders

The Commanders drew a line under the quarterback search with Maye: A-.

by 2024 mock drafts · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A

Start where it matters. The Commanders took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

If Coleman pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.

The Cooper steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up.

Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 7
In pick 6 they get a franchise quarterback. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 37
Jordan Morgan at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 55
A reach on Xavier Worthy in the 40th pick; the board had better options right there. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Max Melton · CB · rank 76
A conviction pick on Max Melton at pick No. 67 that the board grades a round light. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 49
Taking Edgerrin Cooper in the 70th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Austin Booker · DE-EDGE · rank 77
No edge and no loss on Austin Booker in Round 3, Pick 14; it is a wash and a sensible one. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 121
Theo Johnson in No. 100 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 125
Johnny Wilson is a better player than slot 139 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Brandon Coleman · OL · rank 185
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Brandon Coleman well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Myles Harden · CB · rank 209
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Myles Harden at the Round 7 slot is the proof. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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