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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (WSH)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Ja'Corey Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (WSH)
Ja'Corey Brooks
WR Louisville
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Commanders.

The war room fell hard for Dont'e Thornton Jr., and it showed at the 128th pick: 52 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. On value alone, Pearce Jr. makes the weekend a net positive. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In the 29th pick they get a problem off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
Pick61 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
Nice patience on Aireontae Ersery, who had no business lasting to the Round 2 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick128 Rnd4 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at Round 4, Pick 26 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick205 Rnd6 Donovan Edwards
Nothing to complain about; Donovan Edwards went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick245 Rnd7 Ja'Corey Brooks
Value with a capital V on Ja'Corey Brooks in No. 245, a genuine coup. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.