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Draft Selections
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (WSH)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (WSH)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (WSH)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (WSH)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Alijah Clark Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (WSH)
Alijah Clark
S Syracuse
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall C+
ValueD NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Commanders for Mondon Jr.: C+.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Smael Mondon Jr. tumbling to the Commanders in slot 207 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

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

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Donovan Jackson
In slot 29 they get a building block for the line, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick61 Rnd2 Trey Amos
They read the board right and Trey Amos was the payoff at pick No. 61. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick79 Rnd3 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
Antwaun Powell-Ryland at pick 79 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick148 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Dont'e Thornton Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick207 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
They robbed the room for Smael Mondon Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jake Briningstool
Jake Briningstool in No. 238 lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick250 Rnd7 Alijah Clark
A tidy little value on Alijah Clark in the Round 7 slot, a step better than break-even. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.