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Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (WSH)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (WSH)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (WSH)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
DJ James
CB Auburn
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (WSH)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (NYG)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NYG)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (ARI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Commanders worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

There is reaching, and then there is Ben Sinnott at the 102nd overall pick. The Commanders jumped the board by 41 and dared it to prove them wrong. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The James steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

It is not that Solomon is a bad player; it is that the Commanders had louder needs to answer first.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In No. 6 they get a building block for the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick27 Rnd1 Jordan Morgan
In the 27th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick35 Rnd2 Bo Nix
A quiet steal in the 35th pick: Bo Nix for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.
Pick36 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
No drama and no debate, Chop Robinson went about where he belonged in the Round 2 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick39 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
They took Bralen Trice at par in pick 39, which is nothing to complain about. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick40 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Troy Franklin slipping to pick No. 40 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick67 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at Round 3, Pick 3 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick100 Rnd3 Javon Solomon
They bypassed pressing needs at running back and interior defensive lineman to take Javon Solomon, an OLB-EDGE that was not the priority.
Pick102 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ben Sinnott this early at slot 102. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick141 Rnd5 DJ James
Steal is underselling it; DJ James at the 141st pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick181 Rnd6 AJ Barner
A conviction pick on AJ Barner at the Round 6 slot that the board grades a round light. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick223 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
Brevyn Spann-Ford in pick 223 is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.