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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (WSH)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (WSH)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (WSH)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (WSH)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (WSH)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (WSH)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (BUF)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (BUF)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (BUF)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Players Gained
Head Shot
Dawson Knox
TE
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA+
The Commanders won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A-.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Nathaniel Watson at pick No. 225 is 55 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It holds up to a second look, which is why it earns the A-.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 JC Latham
In pick 18 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick36 Rnd2 Quinn Ewers
Quinn Ewers at the 36th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick37 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell at Round 2, Pick 5 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick50 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
No drama and no debate, Cooper Beebe went about where he belonged in slot 50. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick68 Rnd3 Cooper DeJean
Value with a capital V on Cooper DeJean in the 68th pick, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick100 Rnd3 Braelon Allen
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Braelon Allen. The roster fit checks out.
Pick104 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
No edge and no loss on Tommy Eichenberg in No. 104; it is a wash and a sensible one. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick141 Rnd5 Mohamed Kamara
The board had Mohamed Kamara higher than the 141st overall pick, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick182 Rnd6 Darius Robinson
Darius Robinson in pick No. 182 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick225 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
A real head-scratcher, Nathaniel Watson in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.