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  • KevinRoll DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (WSH)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Commanders.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Commanders took David Walker a full 111 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

Getting Thornton Jr. where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Shavon Revel Jr.
In the 29th pick they get a lockdown presence outside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick61 Rnd2 David Walker
They left a pile of value on the table to take David Walker this early at the 61st overall pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick79 Rnd3 Darien Porter
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Darien Porter. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick148 Rnd5 Cody Simon
They let Cody Simon come to them and pounced at No. 148. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick207 Rnd6 Logan Brown
They barely believed it either: Logan Brown still on the board at the Round 6 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick238 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
You do not let a running back like Ollie Gordon II reach pick No. 238 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick250 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 250th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.