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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (WSH)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (WSH)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (WSH)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (WSH)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (LAC)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (LAC)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (CAR)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tarik Cohen
RB
Head Shot
Asante Samuel Jr.
CB
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
Daniels is the plan now, and the Commanders grade out a A-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Commanders spent pick No. 222 on Taulia Tagovailoa, a name most had 66 spots down the list. This is how you run a draft, and the A- reflects it.

Everything downstream of Jayden Daniels depends on Jayden Daniels, and the building knows it. The phones were where this weekend was really won. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Corley.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In the Round 1 slot they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
This one needs a full-page explanation: Kingsley Suamataia in the 36th overall pick, miles early. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick37 Rnd2 Darius Robinson
Darius Robinson in No. 37 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick40 Rnd2 Ja'Tavion Sanders
Ja'Tavion Sanders at slot 40 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick78 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
Malachi Corley in Round 3, Pick 14 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick101 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni slipping to pick 101 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick139 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
Roger Rosengarten at pick No. 139 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick152 Rnd5 Sione Vaki
No edge and no loss on Sione Vaki in No. 152; it is a wash and a sensible one. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick222 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
Taulia Tagovailoa at the 222nd overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.