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Washington Commanders

The Commanders worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

by mwilliams · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Commanders were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value.

The cost of the Vidal reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Solomon pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The Bell value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In the 4th overall pick they get an anchor for the offensive line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 29
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 22
A tidy bit of business in the 35th pick, where Amarius Mims graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 37
Darius Robinson at pick 36 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 48
A reach for T'Vondre Sweat in pick No. 40; a little patience would have been rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 76
A conviction pick on Cooper Beebe at No. 67 that the board grades a round light. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 116
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Javon Solomon adds an OLB-EDGE and leaves quarterback untouched.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 97
They did well to land Brenden Rice in slot 103, just ahead of his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · James Williams · S · rank 120
Nice patience on James Williams, who had no business lasting to pick No. 137. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 125
A quiet steal in No. 138: Josh Newton for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jaheim Bell · TE · rank 163
A tight end of that caliber at slot 181 is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Kimani Vidal · RB · rank 240
Kimani Vidal at the 220th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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