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THE PERFECT Washington Commanders Draft (Jan 18, 2024) B+

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The Commanders drew a line under the quarterback search with Daniels: B+.

by evmonk · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 3 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

The search is over. The Commanders handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Landing Gray that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In the Round 1 slot they get their guy under center for the next decade. A real need, handled.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 22
In pick No. 26 they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · JT Tuimoloau · DE-EDGE · rank 29
A reasonable price with a little left over, JT Tuimoloau in slot 35. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 34
They paid sticker price for Troy Fautanu in the 36th pick, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 47
They took Ja'Tavion Sanders at par in the 40th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 64
Good price on Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in Round 3, Pick 3, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 106
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Blake Fisher. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.20 · Pick 120 · J. Michael Sturdivant · WR · rank 97
The board fumbled J. Michael Sturdivant all the way to pick 120, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · James Williams · S · rank 128
Value with a capital V on James Williams in the 140th overall pick, a genuine coup. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Javion Cohen · OG · rank 141
Javion Cohen in No. 141 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Zion Tupuola-Fetui · DE-EDGE · rank 181
No drama and no debate, Zion Tupuola-Fetui went about where he belonged in the 181st pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Ben Bywater · LB · rank 183
They did well to land Ben Bywater in the Round 6 slot, just ahead of his grade. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Joshua Gray · OT · rank 198
Circle this one: Joshua Gray at pick No. 223 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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