COMMANDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Washington Commanders

The Commanders drew a line under the quarterback search with Daniels: C+.

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

Start where it matters. The Commanders took Jayden Daniels to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. Every board in the league had Cowing lower, and that gap is the story. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Tampa.

They will regret leaving interior defensive lineman for another day if the season turns on it.

So much rides on Jayden Daniels that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In Round 1, Pick 6 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 23
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Dallas Turner in No. 34. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 37
A tidy little value on Edgerrin Cooper in pick 42, a step better than break-even. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 47
T.J. Tampa at the Round 3 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 104
No drama and no debate, Zak Zinter went about where he belonged in pick No. 100. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 111
A reach on Dominick Puni in the 102nd overall pick; the board had better options right there. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 140
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cade Stover. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 145
They took Drake Nugent at par in slot 140, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 175
Malik Mustapha at pick 180 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 208
Value said wait; Jacob Cowing in the 181st pick says they were not listening. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 245
A big swing on Jase McClellan at the Round 7 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. A need, and now a little less of one.
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