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Draft Selections
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (WSH)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (WSH)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jahvaree Ritzie Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (WSH)
Jahvaree Ritzie
DL North Carolina
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (LAR)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (LAR)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Jahvaree Ritzie Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (LAR)
Jahvaree Ritzie
DL North Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (LAR)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Fitzgerald should have been long gone. The Commanders pounced, and earned a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Ryan Fitzgerald, the 207th overall pick, roughly 90 picks past where he belonged. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

If Ritzie pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

They bet on numbers rather than a single high pick.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Josh Simmons
A slide stopped in Round 1, Pick 29, with Josh Simmons worth more than the price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick61 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker in the 61st overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick90 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
They robbed the room for TreVeyon Henderson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick126 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Mason Taylor in slot 126, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick148 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A wild overpay on Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the Round 5 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick192 Rnd6 Jahvaree Ritzie
Jahvaree Ritzie in the 192nd pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick207 Rnd6 Ryan Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzgerald in No. 207 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick238 Rnd7 Miles Frazier
Miles Frazier at pick No. 238 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick250 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser at Round 7, Pick 34 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.