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  • smoakme DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (WSH)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (WSH)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (WSH)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (WSH)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (WSH)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (IND)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (SEA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (IND)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (CIN)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (SEA)
Erick All
TE Iowa
Players Gained
Head Shot
Zaire Franklin
LB
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC FutureA+
The Commanders checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

The weekend has a hole in the middle of it named quarterback, a need the Commanders walked right past.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Carson. The Watts reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Zaire Franklin gives the group a proven body among the projects. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In No. 15 they get juice off the edge. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Troy Fautanu
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Troy Fautanu in pick No. 36. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick49 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
A slide stopped in pick 49, with Xavier Worthy worth more than the price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick67 Rnd3 Edgerrin Cooper
A tidy bit of business in slot 67, where Edgerrin Cooper graded well above the range. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick82 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
They did well to land Cooper Beebe in the Round 3 slot, just ahead of his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick101 Rnd4 Caelen Carson
Value with a capital V on Caelen Carson in the 101st pick, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick103 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
Fair-plus on Blake Fisher, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick138 Rnd5 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson at the 138th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick181 Rnd6 Eric Watts
Eric Watts in slot 181 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.