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Washington Commanders

Quarterback settled, Maye in the fold, and a A for the Commanders.

by teddyk · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Commanders were there to profit. DJ James, the No. 113 name on the board, should have been long gone before slot 181. They executed a plan and it shows in the A.

Everything downstream of Drake Maye depends on Drake Maye, and the building knows it. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

They will regret leaving wide receiver for another day if the season turns on it. They will answer for taking DT-EDGE early while wide receiver and interior defensive lineman went begging.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In the 8th overall pick they get the arm they will build around at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
Kool-Aid McKinstry at pick No. 36 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
Fair-plus on Chop Robinson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It fills a real need, too.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 48
Patrick Paul at slot 43 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 57
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Chris Braswell at Round 3, Pick 3 is the proof. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe in pick 74 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 62
Jonathon Brooks at pick No. 100 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
A want over a need in the Round 4 slot: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while wide receiver and interior defensive lineman keeps waiting.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 143
No drama and no debate, Ben Sinnott went about where he belonged in No. 141. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · DJ James · CB · rank 113
Circle this one: DJ James at the 181st pick is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Delmar Glaze · C · rank 173
The board fumbled Delmar Glaze all the way to the 223rd overall pick, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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