COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

Trade down from 36 to 40 B

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Washington Commanders

A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a B weekend for the Commanders.

by UncleMonster · 2024 NFL Draft · 9 picks · 7 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A
Future B-

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

Getting Coleman where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver.

The trade work was a quiet net positive. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 6
In pick No. 2 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 25
Graham Barton slipping to pick 40 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 41
No drama and no debate, Ja'Tavion Sanders went about where he belonged in slot 41. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 58
Value with a capital V on T.J. Tampa in the 67th pick, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Adisa Isaac · DE-EDGE · rank 56
Steal is underselling it; Adisa Isaac at the Round 3 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 62
Circle this one: Jaden Hicks at the 88th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Andru Phillips · CB · rank 77
Somehow Andru Phillips was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 37, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Brandon Coleman · OL · rank 103
You do not let an offensive lineman like Brandon Coleman reach No. 139 and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Erick All · TE · rank 129
They robbed the room for Erick All here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.