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Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall
B+
ValueA-
NeedB-
TradesA+
FutureB-
The Commanders let Lacy fall and pounced. Final grade: B+. The board owed the Commanders one, and it paid up: Kyren Lacy, the No. 134 name on the board, sitting there at slot 202 like a gift left on the doorstep. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.
The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. Every board in the league had Turner lower, and that gap is the story.
It is not that Ransom is a bad player; it is that the Commanders had louder needs to answer first. They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.
Pick Analysis
Pick37
Rnd2
Nick Emmanwori
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Nick Emmanwori in pick 37, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick67
Rnd3
Aireontae Ersery
Circle this one: Aireontae Ersery at Round 3, Pick 3 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick68
Rnd3
Trey Amos
Trey Amos in No. 68 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick95
Rnd3
Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at slot 95 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick104
Rnd4
Shemar Turner
Shemar Turner in the 104th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It fills a real need, too.
Pick107
Rnd4
Jordan Phillips
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jordan Phillips. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick120
Rnd4
Jared Wilson
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jared Wilson in the Round 4 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick132
Rnd4
Lathan Ransom
A curious use of the 132nd overall pick. Tight end, edge rusher and other spots needed the pick; a safety in Lathan Ransom did not.
Pick144
Rnd5
Cody Simon
Cody Simon slipping to No. 144 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick155
Rnd5
Joshua Farmer
They barely believed it either: Joshua Farmer still on the board at pick No. 155. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick158
Rnd5
Emery Jones Jr.
The board fumbled Emery Jones Jr. all the way to the 158th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick165
Rnd5
Darius Alexander
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at the 165th pick is the definition of value, full stop. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick202
Rnd6
Kyren Lacy
Taking Kyren Lacy in the Round 6 slot is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick207
Rnd6
Bhayshul Tuten
You do not let a running back like Bhayshul Tuten reach Round 6, Pick 29 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick216
Rnd6
Woody Marks
Woody Marks in pick 216 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick238
Rnd7
Cobee Bryant
Somehow Cobee Bryant was still sitting there in slot 238, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick248
Rnd7
Roc Taylor
They will replay Roc Taylor at the 248th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick250
Rnd7
Theo Wease Jr.
They robbed the room for Theo Wease Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick256
Rnd7
Nohl Williams
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Nohl Williams. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick257
Rnd7
Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser at pick No. 257 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Stacking talent where they were already deep.






























