COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

by guffs · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 1 steals · 1 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades C
Future B

Priorities are a choice, and the Commanders made a strange one, taking T.J. Tampa at defensive back in pick No. 42 with running back and interior defensive lineman crying out for the pick instead. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain. Burton falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 12
In the 7th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · T.J. Tampa · DB · rank 40
They zigged when the board said zag, taking T.J. Tampa at defensive back with running back and interior defensive lineman open.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Princely Umanmielen · DE-EDGE · rank 70
Princely Umanmielen in the 71st overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Jermaine Burton · WR · rank 57
Jermaine Burton at pick 72 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 100
No edge and no loss on Payton Wilson in Round 3, Pick 37; it is a wash and a sensible one. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 101
By-the-book stuff, Graham Barton at the 102nd pick squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Jason Marshall Jr. · CB · rank 112
They took Jason Marshall Jr. at par in pick No. 107, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · James Williams · S · rank 122
A conviction pick on James Williams at the Round 4 slot that the board grades a round light. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Donovan Jackson · OG · rank 132
Donovan Jackson in slot 133 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.8 · Pick 144 · Cameron Ward · QB · rank 145
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cameron Ward. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 143
No drama and no debate, Darius Robinson went about where he belonged in pick 145. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.10 · Pick 185 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 192
Oronde Gadsden II at the 185th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.8 · Pick 228 · Landon Jackson · DL-EDGE · rank 228
Landon Jackson at slot 228 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
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