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  • KevinRoll DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Stanford
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (WSH)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Hunter Wohler Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Hunter Wohler
S Wisconsin
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Commanders, and a B- to prove it.

The Commanders treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending Round 3, Pick 15 on David Bailey a full 64 spots early.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Thornton Jr.. Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
A tidy bit of business in the 29th overall pick, where Nick Emmanwori graded well above the range. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick61 Rnd2 Mason Taylor
Mason Taylor at No. 61 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick79 Rnd3 David Bailey
David Bailey in slot 79 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick148 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
They barely believed it either: Smael Mondon Jr. still on the board at pick No. 148. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick207 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
The board fumbled Cobee Bryant all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Taking Dont'e Thornton Jr. in pick 238 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick250 Rnd7 Hunter Wohler
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Hunter Wohler. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.