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Washington Commanders

The Commanders found their guy under center in Daniels: B+.

by Meandwarf · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B+
Future A+

The search is over. The Commanders handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development. No fireworks, but a solid B+.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Johnson. They are betting Jackson proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The Commanders clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

The trade work was a quiet net positive.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 7
In No. 5 they get a passer to set the clock by. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 36
Ja'Tavion Sanders in the Round 2 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 38
By-the-book stuff, Xavier Legette at the 40th pick squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 69
Patrick Paul at slot 67 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Bralen Trice · DE-EDGE · rank 63
A tidy little value on Bralen Trice in the 68th overall pick, a step better than break-even. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
Khyree Jackson in Round 3, Pick 14 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 116
The board had cheaper options than Javon Solomon at pick No. 100, and it noticed. Not a spot anyone had flagged, which makes it a head-scratcher.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Maason Smith · DT · rank 111
No drama and no debate, Maason Smith went about where he belonged in pick 110. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 128
They took Isaac Guerendo at par in pick No. 127, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · James Williams · LB · rank 124
Quietly one of the better values of the day, James Williams at slot 139. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 135
Roger Rosengarten is a better player than No. 152 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 161
Dwight McGlothern in the 169th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Cornelius Johnson · WR · rank 188
Somehow Cornelius Johnson was still sitting there in the Round 6 slot, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Evan Williams · S · rank 214
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Evan Williams at Round 7, Pick 2 is the proof. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
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