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Washington Commanders

Nobody dealt better than the Commanders this weekend: A-.

by Red22 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The rest of the league had time to spare on Ben Sinnott; the Commanders did not wait, grabbing him 48 spots ahead at the Round 3 slot.

They banked enough surplus on Harden to cover a lot of smaller sins. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 22
In pick 20 they get a cornerstone up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 46
They liked J.J. McCarthy enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 36. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 37
Darius Robinson at the 40th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.28 · Pick 60 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 57
Kingsley Suamataia in Round 2, Pick 28 lands just on the right side of the ledger. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 59
A slide stopped in the 67th pick, with Jeremiah Trotter Jr. worth more than the price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 132
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Ben Sinnott. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 84
The board had Khyree Jackson higher than Round 3, Pick 37, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · DJ James · CB · rank 87
Value with a capital V on DJ James in the 102nd overall pick, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Tyrone Tracy Jr. · WR · rank 122
Tyrone Tracy Jr. at pick No. 139 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.8 · Pick 144 · Dylan Laube · RB · rank 151
No edge and no loss on Dylan Laube in slot 144; it is a wash and a sensible one. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 199
A real head-scratcher, Joe Milton III in the Round 6 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Myles Harden · CB · rank 184
You do not let a cornerback like Myles Harden reach the 222nd pick and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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