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Washington Commanders

The Commanders won the night they stopped Colson from sliding. Grade: A-.

by mwilliams1500 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 3 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Commanders were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value. Just about everything broke right, and the A- follows.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Colson. It is not that Stover is a bad player; it is that the Commanders had louder needs to answer first. Every board in the league had Wiley lower, and that gap is the story.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

In the end it comes back to JC Latham, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.9 · Pick 9 · JC Latham · OT · rank 18
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the offensive line, though they paid up to get him. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 40
Tyler Guyton in slot 36 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
A reach for Jackson Powers-Johnson in No. 37; a little patience would have been rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
Chop Robinson in pick No. 38 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Bralen Trice · DE-EDGE · rank 37
Bralen Trice at the 40th pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe at the 67th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 57
Value with a capital V on Chris Braswell in pick 69, a genuine coup. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 94
They bypassed pressing needs at interior defensive lineman to take Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE that was not the priority.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 76
Taking Junior Colson in the 102nd pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
A clean, defensible pick in slot 110 with a little surplus value in Khyree Jackson. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 155
Braelon Allen at the 141st overall pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It fills a real need, too.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 205
They talked themselves into Jared Wiley at No. 181, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.9 · Pick 184 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 180
Fair-plus on Javon Baker, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 211
Sam Hartman is a better player than Round 7, Pick 3 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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