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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (WSH)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (WSH)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (WSH)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (WSH)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (WSH)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (WSH)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (WSH)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (WSH)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (WSH)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Anim Dankwah Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (WSH)
Anim Dankwah
OT Howard
Draft Picks Received
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (LAR)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (LAR)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (LAR)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (LAC)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Duane Brown
OT
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Allen Lazard
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Chase Young
EDGE
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Curtis Samuel
WR
Head Shot
Sam Howell
QB
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall F
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureD-
A franchise passer in Nix headlines a F weekend for the Commanders.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Commanders would have aced it. Anim Dankwah at the Round 6 slot is 56 spots clear of where he belonged. Little went right, and the F does not pretend otherwise.

Bo Nix gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers. Gray falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

There is no soft landing here; this class has to massively overperform just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In the 10th pick they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick19 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In slot 19 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick28 Rnd1 Bo Nix
In No. 28 they get the arm they will build around. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
A wild overpay on Zach Frazier in the 36th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick52 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
They let Edgerrin Cooper come to them and pounced at Round 2, Pick 20. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick83 Rnd3 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott in pick No. 83 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick94 Rnd3 Gabriel Murphy
They read the board right and Gabriel Murphy was the payoff at No. 94. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick101 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zak Zinter. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick103 Rnd4 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson at pick 103 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick138 Rnd5 Cedric Gray
Cedric Gray slid further than he should have, and pick No. 138 is lovely value for the linebacker. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick181 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
Joe Milton III in the Round 6 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick220 Rnd6 Anim Dankwah
They reached into another round for Anim Dankwah, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.