COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

realistic skins draft no trades D

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Washington Commanders

Maye is the plan now, and the Commanders grade out a D.

by BigRuss · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

The rest of the league had time to spare on Anim Dankwah; the Commanders did not wait, grabbing him 95 spots ahead at pick 181.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The Colson steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, wide receiver very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In Round 1, Pick 2 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 42
They paid sticker price for Chris Braswell in the 36th overall pick, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 57
Kingsley Suamataia at pick No. 40 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 49
You do not let a linebacker like Junior Colson reach the 67th pick and blink. They did not. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.31 · Pick 94 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 80
Brandon Dorlus slipping to slot 94 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 114
A reach on Sataoa Laumea in No. 101; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Max Melton · CB · rank 92
A slide stopped in Round 4, Pick 3, with Max Melton worth more than the price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Erick All · TE · rank 209
They left a pile of value on the table to take Erick All this early at the 138th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Anim Dankwah · OT · rank 276
A big swing on Anim Dankwah at the 181st pick, well ahead of any board in the building. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 217
Michael Barrett at slot 220 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.