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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Bryson Nesbit Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Bryson Nesbit
TE North Carolina
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Maye is the plan now, and the Commanders grade out a B-.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Commanders committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

The Wilson pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at cornerback, edge rusher and other spots.

The Smith pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the 2nd overall pick they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson in pick 36 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick40 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
They paid sticker price for Adonai Mitchell in Round 2, Pick 8, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
A quiet steal in pick No. 67: Kiran Amegadjie for less than the market said. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick100 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter in No. 100 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick102 Rnd4 Maason Smith
Of all the spots to shop, they chose DT-EDGE. Maason Smith in slot 102 leaves cornerback, edge rusher and other spots for later.
Pick141 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
The board had cheaper options than Ben Sinnott at the 141st pick, and it noticed. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick181 Rnd6 Bryson Nesbit
Bryson Nesbit at the Round 6 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick223 Rnd7 Cody Schrader
Cody Schrader in slot 223 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.