B-
Washington Commanders
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Commanders.
by CoachEastman ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Jaden Hicks, 41 picks early at pick 138.
A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. On value alone, Arnold makes the weekend a net positive.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
A quiet steal in pick No. 33: Ja'Tavion Sanders for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They let Terrion Arnold come to them and pounced at the Round 2 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They took Jordan Morgan at par in No. 39, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Quinyon Mitchell at pick 65 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Payton Wilson at slot 71 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A minor itch, scratched.
Troy Fautanu at the 100th pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A big swing on Beau Brade at the Round 4 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Jaden Hicks at Round 5, Pick 2 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Jacob Cowing in the 144th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They reached a country mile for Landon Jackson at the 185th overall pick, and the board is aghast. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
By-the-book stuff, Jason Henderson at pick 228 squarely in line with his ranking. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
