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2024 Mock Draft 1

  • TMC17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Commanders
Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (WSH)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (WSH)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A passer of the future in Daniels, and a B-, for the Commanders.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Commanders committed. Jayden Daniels is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline.

Murphy falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In the 2nd pick they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
No drama and no debate, Jordan Morgan went about where he belonged in pick No. 36. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick40 Rnd2 Tyler Nubin
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyler Nubin. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
By-the-book stuff, Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at the 67th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick78 Rnd3 Cade Stover
A tidy little value on Cade Stover in slot 78, a step better than break-even. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick100 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
A clean, defensible pick in No. 100 with a little surplus value in Brenden Rice. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick139 Rnd5 Josh Newton
Josh Newton at the Round 5 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick152 Rnd5 Sataoa Laumea
A offensive lineman of that caliber at pick 152 is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick222 Rnd7 Grayson Murphy
They robbed the room for Grayson Murphy here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.