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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (WSH)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (WSH)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (ARI)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Players Gained
Head Shot
Trey McBride
TE
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall A-
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Commanders bet the future on Daniels. The board says A-.

You could see the war room lean forward. Jordan Morgan at Round 3, Pick 37 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.

So much rides on Jayden Daniels that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Leaving running back unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Trey McBride gives the group a proven body among the projects.

In the end it comes back to Jayden Daniels, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In pick No. 4 they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
They robbed the room for Olumuyiwa Fashanu here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick40 Rnd2 Malik Nabers
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick 40 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick67 Rnd3 Cooper DeJean
Somehow Cooper DeJean was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 3, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick78 Rnd3 Chop Robinson
Taking Chop Robinson in slot 78 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick100 Rnd3 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan at the 100th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick139 Rnd5 DJ James
DJ James in No. 139 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick152 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Kitan Oladapo at the Round 5 slot is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick222 Rnd7 Dallin Holker
Steal is underselling it; Dallin Holker at the 222nd overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.