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Washington Commanders
Larceny in the 202nd pick lands the Commanders a A, Smith and all.
by Birdie628 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 9 steals
· 0 reaches
The Commanders did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Brashard Smith fell into the 202nd overall pick. The sum of the weekend is a deserved A.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They will regret leaving wide receiver for another day if the season turns on it. The Commanders paired the rookies with proven help, Stephon Gilmore leading the way.
The roster is better shaped than it was, with tight end chief among the fixes.
The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.
Pick-by-Pick
They barely believed it either: Jalon Walker still on the board at pick No. 86. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
You do not let a running back like Kaleb Johnson reach the 97th overall pick and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
The board fumbled Malachi Moore all the way to Round 4, Pick 2, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Alfred Collins at the Round 4 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Cam Skattebo in No. 146, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Jaeden Roberts in slot 179 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Somehow Brashard Smith was still sitting there in pick 202, and they pounced on premier running back value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Circle this one: Jack Kiser at the 236th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
They robbed the room for Brant Kuithe here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.