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Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (WSH)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (WSH)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (WSH)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (WSH)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (WSH)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (WSH)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (WSH)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (WSH)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Sean Martin Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (WSH)
Sean Martin
DL-EDGE West Virginia
Draft Picks Received
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (ATL)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Sam Howell
QB
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Terry McLaurin
WR
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall F
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesF FutureF
The Commanders answered their biggest question with Maye. Grade: F.

Some picks age like wine; Sean Martin at the 228th pick will need to, sitting 83 spots clear of his grade. There is no dressing it up: a F.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. Whatever Drake Maye becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Franklin at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left interior defensive lineman open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In slot 7 they get the face of the franchise at fair value.
Pick8 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick36 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
The board fumbled Xavier Legette all the way to pick No. 36, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick39 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Value with a capital V on Emeka Egbuka in No. 39, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick71 Rnd3 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa at Round 3, Pick 7 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick72 Rnd3 Troy Franklin
You do not let a wide receiver like Troy Franklin reach the 72nd overall pick and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick100 Rnd3 James Williams
James Williams in Round 3, Pick 37 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick107 Rnd4 Cade Stover
They left a pile of value on the table to take Cade Stover this early at No. 107. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick144 Rnd5 Khyree Jackson
A cornerback of that caliber at slot 144 is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick185 Rnd6 Will Shipley
Will Shipley in pick No. 185 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
Pick228 Rnd7 Sean Martin
They reached into another round for Sean Martin, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.