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Draft Selections
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (WSH)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (WSH)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (WSH)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (WSH)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (WSH)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Picks Received
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (JAX)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (JAX)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (JAX)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CAR)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BUF)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (CAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (JAX)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (BUF)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Derek Kerstetter
OT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Jonathan Allen
DT
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedB TradesC- FutureB-
The Commanders did enough to get by: C+.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Commanders would have aced it. Jalen Travis at slot 207 is 73 spots clear of where he belonged. A weekend of give and take that grades a C+.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Smith. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick36 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
They went early on JT Tuimoloau in Round 2, Pick 4, and the value did not follow. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick62 Rnd2 Darien Porter
Darien Porter in slot 62 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick74 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at No. 74 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick79 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick106 Rnd4 Shemar Turner
A conviction pick on Shemar Turner at pick No. 106 that the board grades a round light. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick143 Rnd5 Anthony Belton
The board fumbled Anthony Belton all the way to the 143rd pick, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick147 Rnd5 Brashard Smith
Taking Brashard Smith in pick 147 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
Pick175 Rnd5 Ryan Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzgerald at No. 175 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick207 Rnd6 Jalen Travis
Jalen Travis in Round 6, Pick 29 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick238 Rnd7 Trevor Etienne
You do not let a running back like Trevor Etienne reach the Round 7 slot and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick250 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Value said wait; Thor Griffith in pick No. 250 says they were not listening. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.