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Washington Commanders

The Commanders answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: B-.

by Meandwarf · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

If Solomon pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. The McGlothern pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 6
In the Round 1 slot they get the face of the franchise at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 22
A clean, defensible pick in the 27th pick with a little surplus value in Chop Robinson. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 37
They paid sticker price for Jordan Morgan in the 35th overall pick, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 43
No edge and no loss on Keon Coleman in slot 43; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 74
By-the-book stuff, Cade Stover at Round 3, Pick 3 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 115
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Javon Solomon. It fits a board better than it fits this team.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 100
They took Cam Hart at par in pick No. 100, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · James Williams · LB · rank 124
A conviction pick on James Williams at No. 108 that the board grades a round light. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R4.19 · Pick 119 · Maason Smith · DT · rank 111
Maason Smith in No. 119 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The roster fit checks out.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 144
A straight-up fair deal on Trevor Keegan at pick No. 139, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Anthony Gould · WR · rank 142
Anthony Gould at pick 148 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Isaiah Davis · RB · rank 155
Isaiah Davis at the 152nd pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.1 · Pick 176 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 159
A slide stopped in the Round 6 slot, with Tykee Smith worth more than the price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R6.12 · Pick 187 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 161
Dwight McGlothern at Round 6, Pick 12 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Caedan Wallace · OT · rank 210
Nice patience on Caedan Wallace, who had no business lasting to slot 222. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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