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Washington Commanders

The Commanders turned the phones into found money: A-.

by dugferd · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 1 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

The Commanders ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. Little to argue with here, and the A- says so.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. If Irving pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The Cooper value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

The D.K. Metcalf deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.16 · Pick 16 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 13
Fair-plus on Cooper DeJean, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 30
Graham Barton in pick 36 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 38
Chop Robinson in slot 40 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 59
A quiet steal in Round 3, Pick 3: Edgerrin Cooper for less than the market said. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 93
A conviction pick on Bucky Irving at the Round 3 slot that the board grades a round light. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 91
A straight-up fair deal on Spencer Rattler at the 84th pick, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 98
They took Tykee Smith at par in No. 100, which is nothing to complain about. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Nelson Ceaser · DL-EDGE · rank 113
Nelson Ceaser at the 102nd overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 138
Ben Sinnott in pick No. 141 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 178
A reasonable price with a little left over, Javon Baker in Round 6, Pick 6. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 233
Matthew Jones in the 223rd pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.21 · Pick 241 · Kurtis Rourke · QB · rank 237
A tidy little value on Kurtis Rourke in pick 241, a step better than break-even. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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