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Draft Selections
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Commanders finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B-.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Jared Wiley at the 223rd pick is 67 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

The whole projection now runs through Caleb Williams; hit there and everything else looks smarter. That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
In the Round 1 slot they get the arm they will build around. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Graham Barton
Graham Barton at slot 36 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick40 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
They reached into another round for Edgerrin Cooper, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick67 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk slipping to the 67th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick100 Rnd3 Max Melton
Max Melton at No. 100 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick102 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
They left a pile of value on the table to take Mohamed Kamara this early at pick 102. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick141 Rnd5 Cole Bishop
No drama and no debate, Cole Bishop went about where he belonged in No. 141. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick181 Rnd6 Jawhar Jordan
A real head-scratcher, Jawhar Jordan in Round 6, Pick 6 is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick223 Rnd7 Jared Wiley
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jared Wiley in the 223rd pick, miles early. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.