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    Commanders
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (WSH)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (WSH)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (WSH)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (WSH)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (WSH)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (WSH)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (WSH)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (WSH)
DJ James
CB Auburn
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (WSH)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (WSH)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (WSH)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (WSH)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (WSH)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LAC)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (NYG)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (CAR)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (TEN)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (LAC)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (TEN)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CAR)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIN)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAC)
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PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (TEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (TEN)
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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 (LAC)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CAR)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Players Gained
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DJ Johnson
LB
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Khalil Mack
EDGE
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D.J. Reed
CB
Draft Grade — Commanders
Overall A-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
The Commanders worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Commanders would have aced it. Javon Solomon at the Round 3 slot is 36 spots clear of where he belonged. They executed a plan and it shows in the A-.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. With quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on OLB-EDGE is the choice that costs them.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Wilson.

A strong weekend's work, and a rare one to find this little fault with.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
A straight-up fair deal on Chop Robinson at pick 36, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick37 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
They jumped the gun on Patrick Paul, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick40 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They reached a country mile for T'Vondre Sweat at pick No. 40, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick47 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
This one needs a full-page explanation: Cooper Beebe in No. 47, miles early. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick72 Rnd3 Javon Solomon
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Javon Solomon adds an OLB-EDGE and leaves quarterback untouched.
Pick101 Rnd4 Roman Wilson
Roman Wilson in slot 101 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick102 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg in pick 102 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick103 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
No drama and no debate, Khyree Jackson went about where he belonged in the 103rd pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick107 Rnd4 DJ James
They took DJ James at par in the Round 4 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick138 Rnd5 James Williams
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 138 with a little surplus value in James Williams. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick139 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
They paid sticker price for Ben Sinnott in No. 139, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick141 Rnd5 Braelon Allen
A conviction pick on Braelon Allen at Round 5, Pick 5 that the board grades a round light. It fills a real need, too.
Pick165 Rnd5 AJ Barner
A wild overpay on AJ Barner in the 165th 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.
Pick181 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford in pick 181 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick220 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jared Wiley at the 220th pick is the proof. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick227 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
A reach on Matthew Jones in No. 227; the board had better options right there. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.