COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders found their guy under center in Nix: C.

by dugferd · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Bo Nix is the Commanders' quarterback, full stop. A weekend of give and take that grades a C.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Sainristil.

With interior defensive lineman unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

They will need Laube to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

So much rides on Bo Nix that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.22 · Pick 22 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 22
In the 22nd overall pick they get a franchise quarterback. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 30
Fair-plus on Graham Barton, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 47
A tidy little value on Kris Jenkins in the Round 2 slot, a step better than break-even. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 45
A quiet steal in slot 54: Xavier Worthy for less than the market said. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 61
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 3 with a little surplus value in Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 83
Mike Sainristil in No. 100 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 131
Of all the spots to shop, they chose linebacker. Cedric Gray in the 123rd pick leaves interior defensive lineman for later.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Dylan Laube · RB · rank 142
Dylan Laube in pick 127 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 138
Ben Sinnott at the 141st overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 170
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Roger Rosengarten at slot 181. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 226
Trevor Keegan at No. 223 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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