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Draft Selections
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (WSH)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (WSH)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (WSH)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (WSH)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (WSH)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Alijah Clark Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (WSH)
Alijah Clark
S Syracuse
Draft Picks Received
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (BUF)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (BUF)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kareem Jackson
CB
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureB
Smith should have been long gone. The Commanders pounced, and earned a B.

The Commanders spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Brashard Smith, the No. 116 name on the board, in Round 6, Pick 28.

Powell-Ryland has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
A reach on Aireontae Ersery in Round 1, Pick 30; the board had better options right there. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick61 Rnd2 Zy Alexander
Zy Alexander at slot 61 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick79 Rnd3 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
Value said wait; Antwaun Powell-Ryland in No. 79 says they were not listening. It fills a real need, too.
Pick146 Rnd5 Elijah Arroyo
They will replay Elijah Arroyo at the 146th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick169 Rnd5 Ricky White III
Ricky White III in pick 169 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick203 Rnd6 Brashard Smith
You do not let a running back like Brashard Smith reach pick No. 203 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick236 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Steal is underselling it; Jamon Dumas-Johnson at the 236th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick247 Rnd7 Alijah Clark
No drama and no debate, Alijah Clark went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.