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Draft Selections
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (WSH)
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
LB Notre Dame
KJ Bolden Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (WSH)
KJ Bolden
S Georgia
Ryan Coleman-Williams Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ryan Coleman-Williams...
WR Alabama
Ashton Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (WSH)
Ashton Hampton
CB Clemson
Bear Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (WSH)
Bear Alexander
DT Oregon
Devan Thompkins Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (WSH)
Devan Thompkins
DE Alabama
Anthony Boswell Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (WSH)
Anthony Boswell
OG Houston
Luke Reynolds Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (WSH)
Luke Reynolds
TE Virginia Tech
Eli Bowen Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (WSH)
Eli Bowen
CB Oklahoma
Blake Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (WSH)
Blake Frazier
OT Michigan
Tao Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (WSH)
Tao Johnson
S UCLA
Draft Picks Received
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (DEN)
Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
LB Notre Dame
KJ Bolden Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (LAR)
KJ Bolden
S Georgia
Ryan Coleman-Williams Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (PIT)
Ryan Coleman-Williams...
WR Alabama
Bear Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (DEN)
Bear Alexander
DT Oregon
Luke Reynolds Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (PIT)
Luke Reynolds
TE Virginia Tech
Eli Bowen Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (DEN)
Eli Bowen
CB Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Drew Mestemaker Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (PIT)
Drew Mestemaker
QB Oklahoma State
Bryant Wesco Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAR)
Bryant Wesco Jr.
WR Clemson
Players Gained
Head Shot
Mason McCormick
OT
Head Shot
Byron Young
LB
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall A-
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
The Commanders won the night they stopped Thompkins from sliding. Grade: A-.

The Commanders did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Devan Thompkins fell into pick 106. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A-.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Commanders clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa
In the 23rd pick they get a three-down second-level presence at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick42 Rnd2 KJ Bolden
They robbed the room for KJ Bolden here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick56 Rnd2 Ryan Coleman-Williams
A straight-up fair deal on Ryan Coleman-Williams at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick69 Rnd3 Ashton Hampton
A quiet steal in Round 3, Pick 5: Ashton Hampton for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick88 Rnd3 Bear Alexander
They barely believed it either: Bear Alexander still on the board at slot 88. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick106 Rnd4 Devan Thompkins
Devan Thompkins in pick No. 106 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick142 Rnd5 Anthony Boswell
A reasonable price with a little left over, Anthony Boswell in No. 142. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick148 Rnd5 Luke Reynolds
They paid sticker price for Luke Reynolds in the 148th overall pick, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick159 Rnd5 Eli Bowen
Eli Bowen in pick No. 159 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick183 Rnd6 Blake Frazier
Blake Frazier at Round 6, Pick 5 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick225 Rnd7 Tao Johnson
Circle this one: Tao Johnson at slot 225 is a fall that decides a draft. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.