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Washington Commanders

The Commanders bet the future on Maye. The board says A-.

by CB · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A
Future A+

The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Commanders spent their marquee pick on Drake Maye, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback.

They will need Jones to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. The Kaden Elliss pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

In the end it comes back to Drake Maye, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.9 · Pick 9 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 7
Drake Maye in the 9th pick is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 36
By-the-book stuff, Ja'Tavion Sanders at No. 36 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 47
No drama and no debate, Cooper Beebe went about where he belonged in pick 40. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kingsley Suamataia this early at the Round 2 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 66
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kiran Amegadjie. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 75
They took Mike Sainristil at par in the 74th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 88
Dominick Puni at Round 3, Pick 14 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 96
A conviction pick on Brenden Rice at pick No. 79 that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
A reasonable price with a little left over, Khyree Jackson in the 100th overall pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Xavier Thomas · DE-EDGE · rank 163
Xavier Thomas at slot 139 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 154
Kitan Oladapo at the Round 5 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 265
Matthew Jones in pick No. 222 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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