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Draft Selections
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (WSH)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Carson Vinson Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (WSH)
Carson Vinson
OT Alabama A&M
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Commanders: B.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick No. 128 is 57 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

Landing Sanders that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Will Johnson
In the Round 1 slot they get a press-man option on the boundary at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick61 Rnd2 Kyle Kennard
Kyle Kennard in No. 61 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick128 Rnd4 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at Round 4, Pick 26 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick205 Rnd6 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at pick 205 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick245 Rnd7 Carson Vinson
Carson Vinson slipping to slot 245 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.