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Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (WSH)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
LaJohntay Wester Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
LaJohntay Wester
WR Colorado
Kaden Prather Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Kaden Prather
WR Maryland
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Commanders cashed the board's mistake on Mondon Jr.: B-.

The board owed the Commanders one, and it paid up: Smael Mondon Jr., the No. 110 name on the board, sitting there at slot 148 like a gift left on the doorstep.

They will need Burch to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
In pick No. 29 they get a downhill hitter at safety, and a steal at that. More want than need.
Pick61 Rnd2 Jordan Burch
They reached a country mile for Jordan Burch at No. 61, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick79 Rnd3 Elijah Arroyo
They paid sticker price for Elijah Arroyo in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick148 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Circle this one: Smael Mondon Jr. at the 148th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick207 Rnd6 Ollie Gordon II
Taking Ollie Gordon II in slot 207 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
Pick238 Rnd7 LaJohntay Wester
LaJohntay Wester in Round 7, Pick 20 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick250 Rnd7 Kaden Prather
Kaden Prather at pick 250 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.