COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

Redskins52 B

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders found their guy under center in Daniels: B.

by CoachEastman · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

The rest of the league had time to spare on Jawhar Jordan; the Commanders did not wait, grabbing him 117 spots ahead at the 182nd pick.

Jayden Daniels gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Commanders clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In slot 6 they get a franchise quarterback. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 56
A wild overpay on Kingsley Suamataia in No. 36, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 57
Kris Jenkins in pick 41 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 60
Value with a capital V on Cooper DeJean in pick No. 68, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Rod Moore · S · rank 81
A conviction pick on Rod Moore at Round 3, Pick 6 that the board grades a round light. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 93
They let Zak Zinter come to them and pounced at the Round 4 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Tory Horton · WR · rank 109
Tory Horton in the Round 4 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 144
No edge and no loss on Payton Wilson in the 141st overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A minor itch, scratched.
R5.10 · Pick 146 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 171
A big swing on Ty'Ron Hopper at Round 5, Pick 10, well ahead of any board in the building. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 299
Jawhar Jordan in slot 182 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Francisco Mauigoa · LB · rank 224
They took Francisco Mauigoa at par in No. 225, which is nothing to complain about. Stacking talent where they were already deep.