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  • KevinRoll DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Shemar Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Shemar Stewart
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Nick Martin Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Nick Martin
LB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 238 lands the Commanders a B, Bryant and all.

Somebody in the 238th overall pick was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Commanders sat still while Cobee Bryant, the No. 177 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

Reaching for Fairchild left real value on the table behind him. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Shemar Stewart
Value with a capital V on Shemar Stewart in the 29th overall pick, a genuine coup. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick61 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in No. 61 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick79 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild in the 79th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick207 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick238 Rnd7 Cobee Bryant
Steal is underselling it; Cobee Bryant at slot 238 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick250 Rnd7 Nick Martin
They went early on Nick Martin in pick 250, and the value did not follow. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.