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Washington Commanders

The Commanders bet the future on Maye. The board says D+.

by Visible · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 6 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Roger Rosengarten in the 100th overall pick, a good 35 spots before the room expected him.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. Everything downstream of Drake Maye depends on Drake Maye, and the building knows it. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

However the rest shakes out, Smith at that price is a win they earned.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
Drake Maye in the 5th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 18
A cornerback of that caliber at No. 36 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 17
Byron Murphy II at pick No. 37 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 39
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Darius Robinson. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 38
A tidy little value on Xavier Legette in pick 41, a step better than break-even. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
They paid sticker price for Kingsley Suamataia in Round 2, Pick 26, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 69
A straight-up fair deal on Patrick Paul at the 67th pick, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 57
Payton Wilson in slot 78 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 84
Fair-plus on Blake Corum, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 135
They reached a country mile for Roger Rosengarten at the Round 3 slot, and the board is aghast. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 125
Johnny Wilson at Round 4, Pick 26 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Maason Smith · DT · rank 111
Maason Smith in pick 139 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 145
Tommy Eichenberg at pick No. 152 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 200
Joe Milton III in the 219th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Myles Harden · CB · rank 209
A quiet steal in No. 222: Myles Harden for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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